Impact of selection and demography on the diffusion of lactase persistence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Gerbault, Pascale ^a   Moret, Céline ^a   Currat, Mathias ^a   Sanchez Mazas, Alicia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM ASSIMILATION HYPOTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTICATION; EUROPE; GENE CULTURE COEVOLUTION HYPOTHESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC TRAIT; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION (SPECIES); HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LACTASE PERSISTENCE; LATITUDE; POPULATION GENETICS; ANIMAL; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; LACTASE; PHENOTYPE; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 67749088603     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0006369     Document Type: Article

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