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Exploring the relationship between lifestyles, diets and genetic adaptations in humans.
BMC genetics - 28 May 2015
Valente Cristina, Alvarez Luis, Marks Sarah J, Lopez-Parra Ana M, Parson Walther, Oosthuizen Ockie, Oosthuizen Erica, Amorim António, Capelli Cristian, Arroyo-Pardo Eduardo, Gusmão Leonor, Prata Maria J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: One of the most important dietary shifts underwent by human populations began to occur in the Neolithic, during which new modes of subsistence emerged and new nutrients were introduced in diets. This change might have worked as a selective pressure over the metabolic pathways involved in the breakdown of substances extracted from food. Here we applied a candidate gene approach to investigate whether...
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