Several Different Lactase Persistence Associated Alleles and High Diversity of the Lactase Gene in the Admixed Brazilian Population

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Friedrich, Deise C ^a   Santos, Sidney E B ^b   Ribeiro dos Santos, Ândrea K C ^b   Hutz, Mara H ^a  

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

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOSINE; LACTASE; THYMINE;

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; BRAZILIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; GENE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CORRELATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; LACTASE DEFICIENCY; LACTASE GENE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MCM6 GENE; MULTIDIMENSIONAL SCALING; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SOUTH AFRICAN;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC ASSOCIATION STUDIES; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; LACTASE; LACTOSE INTOLERANCE; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 84867025727     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046520     Document Type: Article

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