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Distribution of the lactase persistence-associated variant alleles -13910* T and -13915* G among the people of Oman and Yemen.
Human biology - 1 Jun 2012
Al-Abri Abdul Rahim, Al-Rawas Omar, Al-Yahyaee Saeed, Al-Habori Molham, Al-Zubairi Adel Sharaf, Bayoumi Riad
Abstract excerpt
The high prevalence of lactase persistence (LP) among the people of Saudi Arabia is associated with the -13915(*)G variant allele upstream of the lactase gene (LCT). We, therefore, examined the frequency of the commonly known LP associated SNPs among randomly collected samples from Omani and Yemeni adult populations and obtained further data on the distribution of the two most common LP-associated variants,...
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