Good review of the lactose tolerance gene evolution

By evolvingthoughts on December 12, 2006.

It's nice to see a review of some science that neither dumbs it down nor over technifies it. Ars Technica reviews the lactose tolerance gene evolution in African populations.

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I always love Ars Technica. Jason

is it known what causes the gene to turn off unabling the digest of lactose in some people? is it genetic or something involving the environment? Thanks to scientists who recently found out how to turn genes back on and off, itll be awesome when the less fortunate will be able to get this gene working again!

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