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Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe

20061,633 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Sarah A. Tishkoff · University of Maryland, College Park

Floyd A. Reed · University of Maryland, College Park

Alessia Ranciaro · University of Ferrara

Benjamin F. Voight · University of Chicago

Courtney C. Babbitt · Duke University

Jesse S Silverman · Duke University

Kweli Powell ·

Topics & Keywords

Digestive system and related health Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease Animal Genetics and Reproduction

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Zero hunger

Publication Details

Published in: Nature Genetics

Volume 39, Issue 1, pp. 31-40

DOI: 10.1038/ng1946

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 42.84

Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe | Researchclopedia

University of Maryland, College Park

Holly M. Mortensen · University of Maryland, College Park

Jibril Hirbo · University of Maryland, College Park

Maha M. Osman · University of Khartoum

Muntaser E. Ibrahim · University of Khartoum

Sabah A. Omar · Kenya Medical Research Institute

Godfrey Lema · Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Thomas Nyambo · Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Jilur Ghori · Wellcome Sanger Institute

Suzannah Bumpstead · Wellcome Sanger Institute

Jonathan K. Pritchard · University of Chicago

Gregory A. Wray · Duke University

Panos Deloukas · Wellcome Sanger Institute