Lactase persistence or lactose tolerance is the continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, allowing the digestion of lactose in milk. In most...

the recent evolution of lactase persistence in some cultures, which extends lactose tolerance into adulthood. Lactase persistence evolved in several populations...

lactose in breast milk or formula. Some population segments exhibit lactase persistence resulting from a mutation that is postulated to have occurred 5,000–10...

had a frequency of over 25% of an allele that is associated with lactase persistence, conferring lactose tolerance into adulthood. Steppe-derived populations...

Africa and the Near East, may have been the source population for lactase persistence variants, including –13910*T, and may have been subsequently supplanted...

to contagious diseases (such as malaria), light skin, blue eyes, lactase persistence (or the ability to digest milk after weaning), lower blood pressure...

hair, and dark or dark-to-black skin, with no genetic adaption for lactase persistence into adulthood. The near-complete skeleton, an adult male who probably...

Polymorphism 13.9 kb Upstream of the Lactase Gene (LCT) (C−13.9kbT) Does Not Predict or Cause the Lactase-Persistence Phenotype in Africans". The American...

products. The ability for adult humans to digest milk relies on lactase persistence, so lactose intolerant individuals have trouble digesting lactose...

lactose intolerance, and specifically the presence of the -13910T lactase persistence mutation, found in Europe and Central Asia, across South Asia. In...

Africa and the Near East, may have been the source population for lactase persistence variants, including –13910*T, and may have been subsequently supplanted...

tested. It has been hypothesized that an allele associated with lactase persistence (conferring lactose tolerance into adulthood) was brought to Europe...

Swallow, Dallas M.; Thomas, Mark G. (2011-03-27). "Evolution of lactase persistence: an example of human niche construction". Philosophical Transactions...

Ségurel, Laure; Bon, Céline (31 August 2017). "On the Evolution of Lactase Persistence in Humans". Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics. 18 (1):...

three new single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with lactase persistence (G/C-14010, T/G-13915 and C/G-13907) among ethnic groups in East...

Culture can profoundly influence gene frequencies in a population. Lactase persistence One of the best known examples is the prevalence of the genotype...

East Asian types of ADH1B associated with rice domestication, or lactase persistence, are due to recent selection pressures. An even more recent adaptation...

on lactase persistence polymorphism of 23 elite and commoner samples from the 10-11th century found that their low prevalence of lactase persistence "corresponds...

Africa and the Middle East, may have been the source population for lactase persistence variants, including ‍–‍13910*T, and may have been subsequently supplanted...

condition known as lactase persistence. A study conducted by Sarah Tishkoff and her team shows that the mutation for lactase persistence has been under positive...

extensively on the evolution of lactase persistence (see Lactose intolerance), the ability of some humans to produce the enzyme lactase throughout their adult...

(2009). "On the edge of Bantu expansions: MtDNA, Y chromosome and lactase persistence genetic variation in southwestern Angola". BMC Evolutionary Biology...

Africa and the Near East, may have been the source population for lactase persistence variants, including –13910*T, and may have been subsequently supplanted...

disease: 53  Hypercholesterolemia: 53  Krabbe disease[citation needed] Lactase persistence (dominant) Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy[citation needed] Lesch–Nyhan...

0132088. PMC 4503422. PMID 26176541. Cramer DW (November 1989). "Lactase persistence and milk consumption as determinants of ovarian cancer risk". American...

of Indian and European Cattle Share their Predominant Allele for Lactase Persistence". Mol. Biol. Evol. 29 (1): 249–260. doi:10.1093/molbev/msr190. PMID 21836184...

moderate amounts of fructose and lactose, particularly if they have lactase persistence. A low-FODMAP diet consists of the global restriction of all fermentable...

Thomas B.; Ghori, Jilur (2007-01-01). "Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe". Nature Genetics. 39 (1): 31–40. doi:10.1038/ng1946...

the selection pressure that led to the spread of alleles for adult lactase persistence. Analyses of the human genome have identified many hundreds of genes...

Thomas B.; Ghori, Jilur (2007-01-01). "Convergent adaptation of human lactase persistence in Africa and Europe". Nature Genetics. 39 (1): 31–40. doi:10.1038/ng1946...