Genetic evidence of human adaptation to a cooked diet

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1091-1103

  Carmody, Rachel N ^a   Dannemann, Michael ^b   Briggs, Adrian W ^a,c   Nickel, Birgit ^b   Groopman, Emily E ^a,d   Wrangham, Richard W ^a   Kelso, Janet ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c AbVitro Inc   (United States)

^d New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Food processing; Human evolution; Metabolism; Transcription.

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTOME;

ADAPTATION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; CALORIC INTAKE; COOKING; DIET; ENERGY METABOLISM; EVOLUTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; HOMO NEANDERTHALENSIS; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; METABOLISM; MOUSE; NUTRIGENOMICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; COOKING; DIET; ENERGY INTAKE; ENERGY METABOLISM; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MEAT; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; NEANDERTHALS; NUTRIGENOMICS; SELECTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 85015356263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evw059     Document Type: Article

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