Rethinking the starch digestion hypothesis for AMY1 copy number variation in humans

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 645-657

  Fernández, Catalina I ^a   Wiley, Andrea S ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

carbohydrate metabolism; CNV; dietary adaptations; MGAM; salivary amylase

Indexed keywords

ALPHA AMYLASE PANCREAS ISOENZYME; ALPHA AMYLASE SALIVA ISOENZYME; AMYLASE; AMYLOPECTIN; AMYLOSE; GLUCOSE; MALTODEXTRIN; MALTOSE; STARCH; TRISACCHARIDE;

AMY1 GENE; BREAST MILK; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; EDITORIAL; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GENOTYPE PHENOTYPE CORRELATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN HYDROLYSIS; DIET; DIGESTION; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; DIET; DIGESTION; DNA COPY NUMBER VARIATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SALIVARY ALPHA-AMYLASES; STARCH;

EID: 85020067645     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: 10968644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23237     Document Type: Editorial

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