Stability or variation? Patterns of lactase gene and its enhancer region distributions in Brazilian Amerindians

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 147, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 427-432

  Friedrich, Deise C ^a   Callegari Jacques, Sidia M ^a   Petzl Erler, M Luiza ^b   Tsuneto, Luiza ^b   Salzano, Francisco M ^a   Hutz, Mara H ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amerindian populations; genetic structure; LCT gene; selection

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ENHANCER REGION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BRAZIL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIANS, SOUTH AMERICAN; LACTASE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84857232578     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.22010     Document Type: Article

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