The causal element for the lactase persistence/non-persistence polymorphism is located in a 1 Mb region of linkage disequilibrium in Europeans

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 298-311

  Poulter, M ^a,f   Hollox, E ^a,g   Harvey, C B ^a,h   Mulcare, C ^a   Peuhkuri, K ^b,c   Kajander, K ^b,d   Sarner, M ^e   Korpela, R ^b,c,d   Swallow, D M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b VALIO LTD   (Finland)

^c FOUNDATION FOR NUTRITION RESEARCH   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^h IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE; PRIMER DNA;

ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; EUROPE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UNITED KINGDOM; CONTIG MAPPING; GENETICS; INTESTINE; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CONTIG MAPPING; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LACTASE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 0344375110     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1469-1809.2003.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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