Tracing the peopling of the world through genomics

R Nielsen, JM Akey, M Jakobsson, JK Pritchard… - Nature, 2017 - nature.com
Advances in the sequencing and the analysis of the genomes of both modern and ancient
peoples have facilitated a number of breakthroughs in our understanding of human …

Update on lactose malabsorption and intolerance: pathogenesis, diagnosis and clinical management

B Misselwitz, M Butter, K Verbeke, MR Fox - Gut, 2019 - gut.bmj.com
Lactose is the main source of calories in milk, an essential nutriedigestion, patients with
visceral hypersensitivity nt in infancy and a key part of the diet in populations that maintain …

High-depth African genomes inform human migration and health

A Choudhury, S Aron, LR Botigué, D Sengupta… - Nature, 2020 - nature.com
The African continent is regarded as the cradle of modern humans and African genomes
contain more genetic variation than those from any other continent, yet only a fraction of the …

Going global by adapting local: A review of recent human adaptation

S Fan, MEB Hansen, Y Lo, SA Tishkoff - Science, 2016 - science.org
The spread of modern humans across the globe has led to genetic adaptations to diverse
local environments. Recent developments in genomic technologies, statistical analyses, and …

Lactose intolerance, dairy avoidance, and treatment options

A Szilagyi, N Ishayek - Nutrients, 2018 - mdpi.com
Lactose intolerance refers to symptoms related to the consumption of lactose-containing
dairy foods, which are the most common source for this disaccharide. While four causes are …

Dispersals and genetic adaptation of Bantu-speaking populations in Africa and North America

E Patin, M Lopez, R Grollemund, P Verdu, C Harmant… - Science, 2017 - science.org
Bantu languages are spoken by about 310 million Africans, yet the genetic history of Bantu-
speaking populations remains largely unexplored. We generated genomic data for 1318 …

On the evolution of lactase persistence in humans

L Ségurel, C Bon - Annual review of genomics and human …, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Lactase persistence—the ability of adults to digest the lactose in milk—varies widely in
frequency across human populations. This trait represents an adaptation to the …

[PDF][PDF] Physiological and genetic adaptations to diving in sea nomads

MA Ilardo, I Moltke, TS Korneliussen, J Cheng, AJ Stern… - Cell, 2018 - cell.com
Understanding the physiology and genetics of human hypoxia tolerance has important
medical implications, but this phenomenon has thus far only been investigated in high …

The interrelationships between lactose intolerance and the modern dairy industry: global perspectives in evolutional and historical backgrounds

N Silanikove, G Leitner, U Merin - Nutrients, 2015 - mdpi.com
Humans learned to exploit ruminants as a source of milk about 10,000 years ago. Since
then, the use of domesticated ruminants as a source of milk and dairy products has …

Pleistocene North African genomes link near Eastern and sub-Saharan African human populations

M Van de Loosdrecht, A Bouzouggar, L Humphrey… - Science, 2018 - science.org
North Africa is a key region for understanding human history, but the genetic history of its
people is largely unknown. We present genomic data from seven 15,000-year-old modern …