Diversity of lactase persistence in African milk drinkers

Human Genetics

Volumn 134, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 917-925

  Jones, Bryony Leigh ^a   Oljira, Tamiru ^b,c   Liebert, Anke ^a   Zmarz, Pawel ^a   Montalva, Nicolas ^a   Tarekeyn, Ayele ^d   Ekong, Rosemary ^a   Thomas, Mark G ^a   Bekele, Endashaw ^b   Bradman, Neil ^d   Swallow, Dallas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^d Henry Stewart Conference Studies   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTASE;

AFRICA; AFRICAN; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DNA FLANKING REGION; DRINKING; ENHANCER REGION; ETHIOPIAN; ETHNICITY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRAIT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LANGUAGE; LIFESTYLE; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS;

AFRICA; ALLELES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; LACTASE; MALE; MILK; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCI;

EID: 84937520631     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: 14321203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-015-1573-2     Document Type: Article

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