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DHCR7 mutations linked to higher vitamin D status allowed early human migration to northern latitudes.

BMC evolutionary biology - 9 Jul 2013

Kuan Valerie, Martineau Adrian R, Griffiths Chris J, Hyppönen Elina, Walton Robert

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BACKGROUND: Vitamin D is essential for a wide range of physiological processes including immune function and calcium homeostasis. Recent investigations have identified candidate genes which are strongly linked to concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D. Since there is insufficient UVB radiation to induce year-round cutaneous synthesis of vitamin D at latitudes distant from the equator it is likely that these genes...

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PMID: 23837623
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-13-144
PMCID: PMC3708787

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