Microsatellite variation and evolution of human lactase persistence

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BiologyGeneticsMicrosatelliteEvolutionary biologyLactaseHaplotypeSingle-nucleotide polymorphismAllelePopulationMutation rateGenotypeGeneDemography

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Year: 2005
Type: article
Volume: 117
Issue: 4
Pages: 329-339
Citations: 118
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                                    Margarida C. Coelho, 
                                
                                    Donata Luiselli, 
                                
                                    Giorgio Bertorelle
                                
                                et al.
                            
                            (2005). 
                            Microsatellite variation and evolution of human lactase persistence. 
                            Human Genetics
                            , 117
                            (4)
                            , 329-339.
                            https://doi.org/10.1007/s00439-005-1322-z
                        

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DOI: 10.1007/s00439-005-1322-z