title: Human evolution: thrifty genes and the dairy queen.
abstract: Two new studies of genes that have experienced positive selection since the origin of pastoral agriculture help explain the incidence of lactose tolerance and diabetes, but cast considerable doubt on the popular thrifty genes hypothesis.
authors: Department of Genetics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695, USA. ggibson@ncsu.edu
authors: Greg
authors: G
authors: Gibson
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D006801:Humans; D010694:Lactase-Phlorizin Hydrolase / Q000235:genetics; D007787:Lactose Intolerance / Q000235:genetics*; D012641:Selection, Genetic
chemical_list: D010694:Lactase-Phlorizin Hydrolase