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The ADH1B Arg47His polymorphism in east Asian populations and expansion of rice domestication in history.
BMC evolutionary biology - 20 Jan 2010
Peng Yi, Shi Hong, Qi Xue-bin, Xiao Chun-jie, Zhong Hua, Ma Run-lin Z, Su Bing
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BACKGROUND: The emergence of agriculture about 10,000 years ago marks a dramatic change in human evolutionary history. The diet shift in agriculture societies might have a great impact on the genetic makeup of Neolithic human populations. The regionally restricted enrichment of the class I alcohol dehydrogenase sequence polymorphism (ADH1BArg47His) in southern China and the adjacent areas suggests Darwinian...
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