Frequency of adult type-associated lactase persistence LCT-13910C/T genotypes in the Czech/Slav and Czech Roma/Gypsy populations

Abstract Lactase non-persistence (leading to primary lactose intolerance) is a genetically dependent inability to digest lactose in adulthood. As part of the human adaptation to dairying, the human lactase LCT-13910C/T mutation (which propagates adult expression of lactase) developed, spread and par...

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Main Authors: Jaroslav A. Hubácek, Věra Adámková, Lenka Šedová, Věra Olišarová, Václav Adámek, Valérie Tóthová
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2017-05-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572017000300450&lng=en&tlng=en