Frequency of the AGT Pro11Leu polymorphism in humans: Does diet matter?

Annals of Human Genetics

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 57-64

  Ségurel, Laure ^a   Lafosse, Sophie ^a   Heyer, Evelyne ^a   Vitalis, Renaud ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CENTRE DE BIOLOGIE ET DE GESTION DES POPULATIONS   (France)

Author keywords

Adaptation; AGXT; AMOVA; Diet; F statistics; Primary hyperoxaluria type 1

Indexed keywords

ALANINE GLYOXYLATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; GLYCINE; LEUCINE; PROLINE;

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD COMPOSITION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HERD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; OXALOSIS 1; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DIET; EVOLUTION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSAMINASES;

EID: 72549119388     PISSN: 00034800     EISSN: 14691809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1809.2009.00549.x     Document Type: Article

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