The evolutionary tale of lactase persistence in humans
- Resource Type
- Brief Communication
- Authors
- Barreiro, Luis B.
- Source
- Nature Reviews Genetics. 25(1):7-7
- Subject
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1471-0056
1471-0064
Luis Barreiro highlights a 2007 paper by Tishkoff et al. that identified genetic variants associated with lactose persistence in East African populations, representing one of the first examples of convergent evolution in humans.