How long have adult humans been consuming milk?

IUBMB Life

Volumn 65, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 983-990

  Gerbault, Pascale ^a   Roffet Salque, Mélanie ^b   Evershed, Richard P ^b   Thomas, Mark G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

enzyme mechanisms; evolution; fatty acids; gas chromatography; genetics; lactase; protein expression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COEVOLUTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DRINKING; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC TRAIT; HUMAN; MILK; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

ENZYME MECHANISMS; EVOLUTION; FATTY ACIDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETICS; LACTASE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ANIMALS; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FOOD HABITS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; LACTASE; MILK; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84891275194     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1227     Document Type: Review

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