Impact of Selection and Demography on the Diffusion of Lactase Persistence

BACKGROUND: The lactase enzyme allows lactose digestion in fresh milk. Its activity strongly decreases after the weaning phase in most humans, but persists at a high frequency in Europe and some nomadic populations. Two hypotheses are usually proposed to explain the particular distribution of the la...

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Autores principales: Gerbault, Pascale, Moret, Céline, Currat, Mathias, Sanchez-Mazas, Alicia
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19629189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006369

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2711333/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19629189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006369

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