The Rules of Contagion

(Greg DeLong) #1

  1. Svinti V. et al., ‘New approaches for unravelling reassortment
    pathways’, BMC Evolutionary Biology, 2013.

  2. Sample I., ‘Evolution: Charles Darwin was wrong about the tree
    of life’, The Guardian, 21 January 2009.

  3. Background on sponging from: Krützen M. et al., ‘Cultural
    transmission of tool use in bottlenose dolphins’, PNAS, 2005;
    Morell V., ‘Why Dolphins Wear Sponges’, Science, 20 July 2011.

  4. Background and quotes from author interview with Lucy Aplin,
    August 2017.

  5. Baker K.S. et al., ‘Horizontal antimicrobial resistance transfer
    drives epidemics of multiple Shigella species’, Nature
    Communications, 2018; McCarthy A.J. et al., ‘Extensive
    Horizontal Gene Transfer during Staphylococcus aureus Co-
    colonization In Vivo’, Genome Biology and Evolution, 2014; Alirol
    E. et al., ‘Multidrug-resistant gonorrhea: A research and
    development roadmap to discover new medicines’, PLOS
    Medicine, 2017.

  6. Gallagher J., ‘Man has “world’s worst” super-gonorrhoea’, BBC
    News Online, 28 March 2018; Gallagher J., ‘Super-gonorrhoea
    spread causes “deep concern”’, BBC News Online, 9 January
    2019.

  7. Alzheimer’s Society’s view on genetic testing. April 2015.
    https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-us/policy-and-
    influencing/what-we-think/genetic-testing; Genetic testing for
    cancer risk. Cancer Research UK.
    https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-cancer/causes-of-
    cancer/inherited-cancer-genes-and-increased-cancer-
    risk/genetic-testing-for-cancer-risk

  8. Middleton A., ‘Attention The Times: Prince William’s DNA is not
    a toy’, The Conversation, 14 June 2013. Researchers have also
    criticised the scientific analysis behind the story. Source: Kennett
    D.A, ‘The Rise and Fall of Britain’s DNA: A Tale of Misleading

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