Genetic evidence in support of a shared Eurasian-North African dairying origin

Human Genetics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 34-42

  Myles, Sean ^a,b   Bouzekri, Nourdine ^a   Haverfield, Eden ^c   Cherkaoui, Mohamed ^d   Dugoujon, Jean Michel ^e   Ward, Ryk ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES SEMLALIA   (Morocco)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRYING; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; NORTH AFRICA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 20344395116     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1266-3     Document Type: Article

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