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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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Autor principal: Janiak, Mareike C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 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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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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516821/
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