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Genes related to the metabolism of nutrients in the Kola Sami population.
International journal of circumpolar health - 1 Feb 2008
Kozlov Andrew, Borinskaya Svetlana, Vershubsky Galina, Vasilyev Eugeny, Popov Vasily, Sokolova Maria, Sanina Ekaterina, Kaljina Nina, Rebrikov Dmitry, Lisitsyn Dmitry, Yankovsky Nikolay
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The environmental and life-style conditions of the Kola Sami could have influenced the population-specific frequencies of the AGXTProIILeu allele, and certain alleles of APOE and LCT genes, involved respectively, in the metabolism of animal proteins, lipids and milk sugar. Study Design. DNA samples were collected from the Sami population of Lovozero settlement (Murmansk Region) in 2005. METHODS: The...
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