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Evolution of Lactase Persistence: Turbo-Charging Adaptation in Growth Under the Selective Pressure of Maternal Mortality?

The emergence of the capacity to digest milk in some populations represents a landmark in human evolution, linking genetic change with a component of niche construction, namely dairying. Alleles promoting continued activity of the enzyme lactase through the life-course (lactase persistence) evolved...

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Autores principales: Wells, Jonathan C. K., Pomeroy, Emma, Stock, Jay T.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8419441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34497534
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2021.696516

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