{"id":2788,"date":"2014-04-14T14:17:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T12:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/?p=2788"},"modified":"2025-02-18T14:28:08","modified_gmt":"2025-02-18T13:28:08","slug":"lactase-persistence-alleles-reveal-partial-east-african-ancestry-of-southern-african-khoe-pastoralists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/index.php\/2014\/04\/14\/lactase-persistence-alleles-reveal-partial-east-african-ancestry-of-southern-african-khoe-pastoralists\/","title":{"rendered":"Lactase Persistence Alleles Reveal Partial East African Ancestry of Southern African Khoe Pastoralists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/jakobssonlab.iob.uu.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/IEG-Jakobsson-12.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1337\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Gwenna Breton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p>In a new study <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S0960982214002097?via%3Dihub\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Breton et al. (2014)<\/a> show how lactase persistence variants tell the story about the ancestry of the Khoe people in southern Africa.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2022East African LP variant occurs at high frequency in southern African pastoralist Khoe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2022A small but distinct (13%) fraction East African ancestry in the Nama (a Khoe group)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2022We find genetic evidence of adaptation for consuming lactose in Khoe-speaking groups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2022Pastoralist practices were brought to southern Africa by migration from East Africa<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-db32e940 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading is-style-underlined-heading\">Related content<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lactase persistence alleles reveal ancestry of southern African Khoe pastoralists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uu.se\/en\/press\/press-releases\/2014\/2014-04-04-lactase-persistence-alleles-reveal-ancestry-of-southern-african-khoe-pastoralists\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UU Press Release<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a new study Breton et al. 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