id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_ai4tdbqkznfnzgpjyujmfgq5dy Stefanie Epp Boschmann The Frequency of the LCT*-13910C>T Polymorphism Associated with Lactase Persistence Diverges among Euro-Descendant Groups from Brazil 2015 3 .pdf application/pdf 1871 227 66 Euro-Brazilian groups reflect the ancestry and admixture of LCT gene · Lactase persistence · Hypolactasia · Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of the LCT * –13910C>T polymorphism associated adult-type hypolactasia phenotypes among Euro-Brazilians LCT * –13910C>T polymorphism in 292 Euro-Brazilians and Mennonites had a higher prevalence of the lactase persistence genotype (88.1 vs. www.karger.com/mpp The Mennonites are a pacifist group of German and Dutch ancestry, well-suited for genetic and epidemiological studies due to successive bottleneck effects good genetic marker for adult-type hypolactasia in Europe and in non-European countries [3, 8, 9] , its frequency is unknown for Mennonites and is poorly estimated for hypolactasia among Mennonites and Euro-Brazilians genotype for LCT * –13910C -associated adult-type hypolactasia ( –13910C/C ) was observed in 12% of Mennonites from Euro-Brazilians from a different geographic region the LP-associated genotypes, followed by Euro-Brazilians polymorphism associated with adult-type hypolactasia/lactase persistence among Brazilians ./cache/work_ai4tdbqkznfnzgpjyujmfgq5dy.pdf ./txt/work_ai4tdbqkznfnzgpjyujmfgq5dy.txt