1. Of starch and spit
- Author
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Mareike C. Janiak
- Subjects
0301 basic medicine ,Saliva ,commensalism ,Mouse ,Starch ,Gene Dosage ,adaptation ,030105 genetics & heredity ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,Rhesus macaque ,Amylase ,Biology (General) ,Genetics ,Mammals ,biology ,General Neuroscience ,starch ,General Medicine ,Amylases ,Medicine ,Insight ,Human ,amylase ,QH301-705.5 ,Evolution ,Science ,Genomics ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Evolution, Molecular ,03 medical and health sciences ,Animals ,Humans ,Gene ,Evolutionary Biology ,saliva ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,Genetics and Genomics ,Feeding Behavior ,Commensalism ,biology.organism_classification ,Diet ,030104 developmental biology ,chemistry ,biology.protein ,Rat ,Other ,Adaptation - Abstract
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.
- Published
- 2019