High frequency of lactose intolerance in a prehistoric hunter-gatherer population in northern Europe

BACKGROUND: Genes and culture are believed to interact, but it has been difficult to find direct evidence for the process. One candidate example that has been put forward is lactase persistence in adulthood, i.e. the ability to continue digesting the milk sugar lactose after childhood, facilitating...

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Autores principales: Malmström, Helena, Linderholm, Anna, Lidén, Kerstin, Storå, Jan, Molnar, Petra, Holmlund, Gunilla, Jakobsson, Mattias, Götherström, Anders
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Research article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-89

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862036/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20353605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-89

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