Lactase gene expression declines with aging (lactase non-persistence) in the majority of humans world-wide. Lactase persistence is a heritable autosomal dominant condition and has been strongly correlated with several single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) located ~14-kb upstream (-13907, -13910 and -3915) of the lactase gene in different ethnic populations. In contrast to the -
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