Genetic signatures of strong recent positive selection at the lactase gene

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1111-1120

  Bersaglieri, Todd ^a   Sabeti, Pardis C ^c   Patterson, Nick ^c   Vanderploeg, Trisha ^a   Schaffner, Steve F ^c   Drake, Jared A ^a   Rhodes, Matthew ^a,d   Reich, David E ^b,c   Hirschhorn, Joel N ^a,b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD; DAIRY INDUSTRY; DNA FLANKING REGION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUROPE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LACTASE GENE; MILK; NUTRITION; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 2442677652     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/421051     Document Type: Article

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