- *A professor of evolutionary genetics states centuries of intensive breeding have made livestock a “mixing vessel” for the evolution of pathogens that can jump from animals to humans.* - *In an editorial in the journal **Virulence**, he argues that emerging infectious diseases pose an “existential threat” to our species.* - *To minimize the threat, he advocates reintroducing genetic variation to livestock and crops and reducing consumption of animal protein.*
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