infestans collected during the Irish Potato Famine. The results were clear ... infestans and its Andean relatives. Migration rates between these species were much higher than those involving ...

A genetic investigation has finally tracked down the source of the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine, closing a case that has ... and accounting for evolutionary relationships and migration ...

Scientists have discovered new evidence that the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine may have originated ... for evolutionary relationships and migration patterns, we show that the ...

The peak of Irish emigration occurred during the famine of the mid-1800s. Over a ten-year period, the failure of the potato crop prompted ... an exhibition on Irish migration to the Caribbean.

Thanks to emigration triggered by the Famine, people born in Ireland ... In the decade following the 1845 appearance of the potato blight, over 900,000 Irish emigrants entered the port of New ...

Chain migration led many into networks ... First reliable maps track spread from US of potato blight that caused Irish famine in mid-19th centuryOpens in new window ] Despite the challenges ...

One of the darkest periods in Irish history would end up changing the dynamic and history of North America. Irish speaker Donnchadh O Baoill talked about the impact the Great Irish Famine had on ...

Though failing to create Irish independence, it spurred Canada's push for nationhood. The Great Hunger, or the potato famine, devastated Ireland, causing 1 million deaths and driving two million ...

However, no people were as heavily dependent on the potato as the Irish. Scanlan starkly figures the inevitable disaster: Between 1845 and 1851, at least 1 million people died of famine-related ...

The potato famine was a major event in modern Irish history. In Ireland, it is known officially as the Great Famine or An Gorta Mor, the Great Hunger. Republican mural on Upper Falls Road in ...