Lactase Persistence and Lipid Pathway Selection in the Maasai

Lactase Persistence and Lipid Pathway Selection in the Maasai

The Maasai are a pastoral people in Kenya and Tanzania, whose traditional diet of milk, blood and meat is rich in lactose, fat and cholesterol. In spite of this, they have low levels of blood cholesterol, and seldom suffer from gallstones or cardiac diseases. Field studies in the 1970s suggested tha...

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Main Authors: Wagh, Kshitij, Bhatia, Aatish, Alexe, Gabriela, Reddy, Anupama, Ravikumar, Vijay, Seiler, Michael, Boemo, Michael, Yao, Ming, Cronk, Lee, Naqvi, Asad, Ganesan, Shridar, Levine, Arnold J., Bhanot, Gyan
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2012
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3461017/

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