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Dairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe

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    SYSNO ASEP0559942
    Druh ASEPJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Zařazení RIVJ - Článek v odborném periodiku
    Poddruh JČlánek ve WOS
    NázevDairying, diseases and the evolution of lactase persistence in Europe
    Tvůrce(i) Evershed, R. P. (GB)
    Smith, G. D. (GB)
    Roffet-Salque, M. (GB)
    Timpson, A. (DE)
    Brychová, Veronika (UJF-V) ORCID, SAI, RID
    Vostrovská, I. (CZ)
    Celkový počet autorů105
    Zdroj.dok.Nature. - : Palgrave Macmillan - ISSN 0028-0836
    Roč. 608, AUG (2022), s. 336-345
    Poč.str.27 s.
    Forma vydáníTištěná - P
    Jazyk dok.eng - angličtina
    Země vyd.GB - Velká Británie
    Klíč. slovalactase persistence evolution ; organic residue analysis ; prehistorc milk exploitation
    Obor OECDAnalytical chemistry
    Způsob publikováníOmezený přístup
    Institucionální podporaUJF-V - RVO:61389005
    UT WOS000831072400001
    EID SCOPUS85135260134
    DOI10.1038/s41586-022-05010-7
    AnotaceIn European and many African, Middle Eastern and southern Asian populations, lactase persistence (LP) is the most strongly selected monogenictrait to have evolved over the past 10,000 years(1). Although the selection of LP and the consumption of prehistoric milk must be linked, considerable uncertainty remains concerning their spatiotemporal configuration and specific interactions(2,3). Here we provide detailed distributions of milk exploitation across Europe over the past 9,000 years using around 7,000 pottery fat residues from more than 550 archaeological sites. European milk use was widespread from the Neolithic period onwards but varied spatially and temporally in intensity. Notably, LP selection varying with levels of prehistoric milk exploitation is no better at explaining LP allele frequency trajectories than uniform selection since the Neolithic period. In the UK Biobank(4,5 )cohort of 500,000 contemporary Europeans, LP genotype was only weakly associated with milk consumption and did not show consistent associations with improved fitness or health indicators. This suggests that other reasons for the beneficial effects of LP should be considered for its rapid frequency increase. We propose that lactase non-persistent individuals consumed milk when it became available but, under conditions of famine and/or increased pathogen exposure, this was disadvantageous, driving LP selection in prehistoric Europe. Comparison of model like lihoods indicates that population fluctuations, settlement density and wild animal exploitation-proxies for these drivers-provide better explanations of LP selection than the extent of milk exploitation. These findings offer new perspectives on prehistoric milk exploitation and LP evolution.
    PracovištěÚstav jaderné fyziky
    KontaktMarkéta Sommerová, sommerova@ujf.cas.cz, Tel.: 266 173 228
    Rok sběru2023
    Elektronická adresahttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05010-7
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