Article Title
Evolutionary GEM: Evolution of Lactase Persistence
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Abstract
Though humans are known to lose lactase ability post-weaning, some people maintain lactase production into adulthood, a condition known as lactase persistence. Global distribution patterns of lactase persistency are inconsistent; the condition is much more prevalent in some populations than others. Using results across independent studies, the existence of such a phenomenon can be attributed to positive selection on ancestral pastoralist populations. Two different hypotheses explain this positive selection: milk-independent economies, and colonic bacteria adaption.
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10.5206/wurjhns.2017-18.28
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Du, Xinghan (Hill) and Gray, Patricia M.
(2017)
"Evolutionary GEM: Evolution of Lactase Persistence,"
WURJ: Health and Natural Sciences: Vol. 8:
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1, Article 29.
DOI: 10.5206/wurjhns.2017-18.28
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https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/wurjhns/vol8/iss1/29