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Frequency of LCT -13910C>T single nucleotide polymorphism associated with adult-type hypolactasia/lactase persistence among Brazilians of different ethnic groups

BACKGROUND: Adult-type hypolactasia, the physiological decline of lactase some time after weaning, was previously associated with the LCT -13910C>T polymorphism worldwide except in Africa. Lactase non-persistence is the most common phenotype in humans, except in northwestern Europe with its long...

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Autores principales: Mattar, Rejane, Monteiro, Maria S, Villares, Cibele A, Santos, Aníbal F, Silva, Joyce MK, Carrilho, Flair J
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2761420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19799794
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2891-8-46