Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

Nature Genetics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 31-40

  Tishkoff, Sarah A ^a   Reed, Floyd A ^a   Ranciaro, Alessia ^a,b   Voight, Benjamin F ^c   Babbitt, Courtney C ^d   Silverman, Jesse S ^d   Powell, Kweli ^a   Mortensen, Holly M ^a   Hirbo, Jibril B ^a   Osman, Maha ^e   Ibrahim, Muntaser ^e   Omar, Sabah A ^f   Lema, Godfrey ^g   Nyambo, Thomas B ^g   Ghori, Jilur ^h   Bumpstead, Suzannah ^h   Pritchard, Jonathan K ^c   Wray, Gregory A ^d   Deloukas, Panos ^h  

^a University of Maryland   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KHARTOUM   (Sudan)

^f KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^g MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^h WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOMESTIC ANIMAL; DOMESTICATION; EUROPE; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; KENYA; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SUDAN; TANZANIA;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; CACO-2 CELLS; EUROPE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MILK; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SELECTION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845900450     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng1946     Document Type: Article

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