lactase persistence
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[edit]Noun
[edit]lactase persistence (uncountable)
- The continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, allowing the digestion of lactose in milk.
- 2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 6, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
- Lactase persistence is under fairly direct genetic control and involves genes that inhibit the typical mammalian shutdown of the production of lactase after nursing ends.
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- lactase persistence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia