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Lactase persistence and milk consumption in Europe: an interdisciplinary approach involving genetics and archeology:

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The ability to digest milk during adulthood (lactase persistence) is a genetically determined trait present only in humans. Its origin and diffusion are correlated with the development of pastoralism and the consumption of fresh milk. This work will present the genetic and archaeologi- cal data that allow the reconstruction of the co-evolutionary process between dairying culture and lactase persistence, as well as a discussion of the chronology and the way lactase persistence spread in Europe. Sposobnost presnavljanja mleka v odrasli dobi (laktazna persistenca) je genetsko pogojena značilnost, navzoča le pri ljudeh. Njen izvor in razširitev sta povezana z razvojem pastirstva in uživanjem svežega mleka. V članku predstavljamo genetske in arheološke podatke, ki nam omogočajo rekonstrukcijo koevolucijskih procesov med mlečno-gospodarskimi kulturami in laktazno persistenco, poleg tega pa komentiramo kronologijo in način, kako se je laktazna persistenca širila v Evropo