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Of starch and spit
Animals living alongside humans have multiple copies of the gene for alpha-amylase, the enzyme that breaks down starchy foods, and high levels of this protein in their saliva.
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eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516821/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31084712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47523 |
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author | Janiak, Mareike C |
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description | Animals living alongside humans have multiple copies of the gene for alpha-amylase, the enzyme that breaks down starchy foods, and high levels of this protein in their saliva. |
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spelling | pubmed-65168212019-05-16 Of starch and spit Janiak, Mareike C eLife Evolutionary Biology Animals living alongside humans have multiple copies of the gene for alpha-amylase, the enzyme that breaks down starchy foods, and high levels of this protein in their saliva. eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2019-05-14 /pmc/articles/PMC6516821/ /pubmed/31084712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47523 Text en © 2019, Janiak http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use and redistribution provided that the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Evolutionary Biology Janiak, Mareike C Of starch and spit |
title | Of starch and spit |
title_full | Of starch and spit |
title_fullStr | Of starch and spit |
title_full_unstemmed | Of starch and spit |
title_short | Of starch and spit |
title_sort | of starch and spit |
topic | Evolutionary Biology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516821/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31084712 http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.47523 |
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