Comparison of lactase persistence polymorphism in ancient and present-day Hungarian populations

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 262-269

  Nagy, Dóra ^a,b   Tömöry, Gyöngyvér ^a   Csányi, Bernadett ^a   Bogácsi Szabó, Erika ^a   Czibula, Ágnes ^a   Priskin, Katalin ^a   Bede, Olga ^b   Bartosiewicz, László ^a   Downes, C Stephen ^c   Raskó, István ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

10th 11th century bones; ancient DNA; lactose intolerance; mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CT/T 13910 GENE; DAIRY PRODUCT; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DOMESTICATION; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; GENE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; BONE AND BONES; CEMETERIES; DNA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FREQUENCY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; HUNGARY; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79956215804     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.21490     Document Type: Article

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