Evidence of still-ongoing convergence evolution of the lactase persistence T-13910 alleles in humans

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 615-625

  Enattah, Nabil Sabri ^a   Trudeau, Aimee ^a   Pimenoff, Ville ^a   Maiuri, Luigi ^d   Auricchio, Salvatore ^d   Greco, Luigi ^d   Rossi, Mauro ^e   Lentze, Michael ^f   Seo, J K ^g   Rahgozar, Soheila ^h   Khalil, Insaf ⁱ   Alifrangis, Michael ⁱ   Natah, Sirajedin ^j   Groop, Leif ^k   Shaat, Nael ^k   Kozlov, Andrew ^l   Verschubskaya, Galina ^l   Comas, David ⁿ   Bulayeva, Kazima ^m   Mehdi, S Qasim ^o   Terwilliger, Joseph D ^p,q   Sahi, Timo ^a   Savilahti, Erkki ^b   Perola, Markus ^a   Sajantila, Antti ^a   Järvelä, Irma ^c   Peltonen, Leena ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^g Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^h Blood Transfusion Center   (Iran)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^k LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^l ArcAn C Innovative Laboratory   (Russian Federation)

^m VAVILOV INSTITUTE OF GENERAL GENETICS   (Russian Federation)

ⁿ UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^p University of Karachi ^*  (United States)

^q NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

ARTICLE; CONVERGENT EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34548287518     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520705     Document Type: Article

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