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Adaptation to milking agropastoralism in chilean goat herders and nutritional benefit of lactase persistence

Montalva, Nicolás; Adhikari, Kaustubh; Liebert, Anke; Mendoza-Revilla, Javier; Flores, Sergio V.; Mace, Ruth; Swallow, Dallas M. (Wiley, 2018)

The genetic trait of lactase persistence (LP) evolved as an adaptation to milking pastoralism in the Old World and is a well-known example of positive natural selection in humans. However, the specific mechanisms conferring ...