The Origins of Lactase Persistence in Europe

Itan, Yuval; Powell, Adam; Beaumont, Mark; Bürger, Joachim; Thomas, Mark

doi:10.1371/journal.pcbi.1000491

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The Origins of Lactase Persistence in Europe

Published in PLoS Computational Biology • Aug 27, 2009

Authors:

Yuval Itan

Adam Powell

Mark Beaumont

Abstract

Lactase persistence (LP) is common among people of European ancestry, but with the exception of some African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian groups, is rare or absent elsewhere in the world. Lactase gene haplotype conservation around a polymorphism strongly associated with LP in Europeans (-13,91...

Subject

Lactase

Allele

Persistence (discontinuity)

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