Low prevalence of lactase persistence in Neolithic South-West Europe

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 778-782

  Plantinga, Theo S ^a   Alonso, Santos ^b   Izagirre, Neskuts ^b   Hervella, Montserrat ^b   Fregel, Rosa ^c   Van Der Meer, Jos W M ^a   Netea, Mihai G ^a   De La Rúa, Concepcion ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ancient DNA; evolutionary pressure; Lactase persistence; Neolithic

Indexed keywords

LACTASE; LACTOSE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CATTLE FARMING; DAIRY CATTLE; DAIRY PRODUCT; EUROPE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; MILK; NEOLITHIC; POPULATION GENETIC PARAMETERS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; MITOCHONDRIA; PREVALENCE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RADIOMETRIC DATING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELECTION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TOOTH;

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EID: 84863723500     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: 14765438     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ejhg.2011.254     Document Type: Article

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