Independent Introduction of Two Lactase-Persistence Alleles into Human Populations Reflects Different History of Adaptation to Milk Culture

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-72

  Enattah, Nabil Sabri ^a,b   Jensen, Tine G K ^c   Nielsen, Mette ^c   Lewinski, Rikke ^c   Kuokkanen, Mikko ^a,b   Rasinpera, Heli ^a,b   El Shanti, Hatem ^d   Seo, Jeong Kee ^e   Alifrangis, Michael ^f   Khalil, Insaf F ^f   Natah, Abdrazak ^g   Ali, Ahmed ⁱ   Natah, Sirajedin ^h   Comas, David ^j   Mehdi, S Qasim ^k   Groop, Leif ^l   Vestergaard, Else Marie ^m   Imtiaz, Faiqa ⁿ   Rashed, Mohamed S ⁿ   Meyer, Brian ⁿ   Troelsen, Jesper ^c   Peltonen, Leena ^a,b   more..

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^e Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Centre for Medical Parasitology   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^h Department of Medicine   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^j University of Pompeu Fabra   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF KARACHI   (Pakistan)

^l LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^m AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁿ KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE PERSISTENCE; MINICHROMOSOME MAINTENANCE PROTEIN 6; NUCLEAR FACTOR I; PROTEIN; LACTASE;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DOMESTICATION; EXON; FOOD INTAKE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MILK; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; ANIMAL; CAMEL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETICS; LACTOSE TOLERANCE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE EAST; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SAUDI ARABIA;

BOS;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CAMELS; CULTURE; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MIDDLE EAST; MILK; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 38749131273     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2007.09.012     Document Type: Article

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