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SUBMITTER: Mnich B
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5927400 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Mnich Barbara B Spinek Anna Elżbieta AE Chyleński Maciej M Sommerfeld Aleksandra A Dabert Miroslawa M Juras Anna A Szostek Krzysztof K
PloS one 20180430 4
The relation of LCT-13910 genotypes and bone mineral density (BMD) has been the subject of modern-day human population studies, giving inconsistent results. In the present study we analyze for the first time a relation of LCT-13910 genotypes and BMD in historical skeletal individuals. Ancient population might be a model for testing this association due to elimination of non-natural factors affecting bone density. Among 22 medieval individuals from Sanok churchyard (South-Eastern Poland; dated fr ...[more]