Microsatellite variation and evolution of human lactase persistence

Human Genetics

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 329-339

  Coelho, Margarida ^a   Luiselli, Donata ^b   Bertorelle, Giorgio ^c   Lopes, Ana Isabel ^d   Seixas, Susana ^a   Destro Bisol, Giovanni ^e,f   Rocha, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^e SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^f Ist Italiano di Medicina Sociale   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; ITALY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOZAMBIQUE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

AFRICA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LACTASE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS); VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 23944493133     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1322-z     Document Type: Article

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