Genetic diversity of lactase persistence in East African populations

BACKGROUND: The expression of lactase which digests lactose from milk in humans is generally lost after weaning, but selected mutations influencing the promoter of the lactase gene have spread into the human populations. This is considered a classical example of gene-culture co-evolution, and severa...

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Autores principales: Hassan, Hisham Y., van Erp, Anke, Jaeger, Martin, Tahir, Hanan, Oosting, Marije, Joosten, Leo A. B., Netea, Mihai G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26728963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1833-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4700599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26728963
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13104-015-1833-1

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