Malaria and rickets represent selective forces for the convergent evolution of adult lactase persistence

Biodiversity in Agriculture: Domestication, Evolution, and Sustainability

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 299-308

  Cordain, Loren ^a   Hickey, Matthew S ^a   Kim, Kami ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139019514.016     Document Type: Chapter

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