Evolution of lactase persistence: An example of human niche construction

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1566, 2011, Pages 863-877

  Gerbault, Pascale ^a   Liebert, Anke ^a   Itan, Yuval ^a   Powell, Adam ^a   Currat, Mathias ^c   Burger, Joachim ^b   Swallow, Dallas M ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dairying; Domestic animals; Lactase persistence; Natural selection; Neolithic; Niche construction

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; DAIRY FARMING; DIGESTION; DOMESTICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENOTYPE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; MILK; MUTATION; NATURAL SELECTION; NICHE; PERSISTENCE; PHENOTYPE;

AFRICA; EUROPE; MIDDLE EAST;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

LACTASE; LACTOSE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASIA; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; EUROPE; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MILK; POPULATION GENETICS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANIMALS; ASIA; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CATTLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DAIRYING; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE; MILK;

EID: 79958254601     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0268     Document Type: Review

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