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Science 14 September 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5844, p. 1483
DOI: 10.1126/science.317.5844.1483a
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GENOMICS:
A Little Gene Xeroxing Goes a Long Way

Jon Cohen

Rather than relying on mutations in a particular gene to help us digest roots and tubers better, researchers studying the evolution of starch digestion have found that the human genome simply made more copies of the gene in question.

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