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Exploring the relationship between lifestyles, diets and genetic adaptations in humans.

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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 in populations with different modes of subsistence, diet-related genetic adaptatio...

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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s12863-015-0212-1

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MPLS
Department:
Zoology
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Author
Publisher:
BioMed Central Publisher's website
Journal:
BMC genetics Journal website
Volume:
16
Issue:
1
Pages:
55
Publication date:
2015-01-01
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EISSN:
1471-2156
ISSN:
1471-2156
Language:
English
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pubs:525424
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uuid:3da4d811-6888-469c-a5af-1a7a1439f6a9
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pubs:525424
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525424
Deposit date:
2015-10-19

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