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Adaptation to milking agropastoralism in Chilean goat herders and nutritional benefit of lactase persistence

The genetic trait of lactase persistence (LP) evolved as an adaptation to milking pastoralism in the Old World and is a well‐known example of positive natural selection in humans. However, the specific mechanisms conferring this selective advantage are unknown. To understand the relationship between...

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Autores principales: Montalva, Nicolás, Adhikari, Kaustubh, Liebert, Anke, Mendoza‐Revilla, Javier, Flores, Sergio V., Mace, Ruth, Swallow, Dallas M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6393766/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30264486
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ahg.12277