Recent advances in understanding the role of nutrition in human genome evolution

Advances in Nutrition

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 486-496

  Ye, Kaixiong ^a   Gu, Zhenglong ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; DIET; EVOLUTION; FOOD; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METHODOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DIET; FOOD; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOMICS; HUMANS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SELECTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84862297364     PISSN: 21618313     EISSN: 21565376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/an.111.001024     Document Type: Article

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