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Persistence of lactase activity among Northern Europeans: a weighing of evidence for the calcium absorption hypothesis

2001-01-01

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Considered in this paper is a broad range of evidence bearing on the calcium absorption hypothesis that has been advanced to explain high frequencies of the gene for persistence of lactase activity (PLA) among adults in northern Europe. According to that hypothesis, lactase-sufficient individuals in early northern Europe enjoyed a selective advantage over lactase-deficient ones that led to high incidences of PLA i...

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Literature Corpus work: c894703e-1005-5b5b-b93e-dde3f60a053d
DOI: 10.1080/03670244.2001.9991661

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