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It codes for one protein, and experiments have turned it on and off in other animals. Turning it off benefited humans by increasing the amount of fructose store
by causality0 6y ago
It codes for one protein, and experiments have turned it on and off in other animals. Turning it off benefited humans by increasing the amount of fructose stored as fat during a time when climate change reduced the availability of fruit. In light of our ridiculous modern caloric intake, turning it back on isn't likely to lead to problems.
- Jarwain 6y agoDo you have a source for this? Not asking out of doubt, but curiosity
- causality0 6y agoKratzer, J., Lanaspa, M., Murphy, M., Cicerchi, C., Graves, C., Tipton, P., Ortlund, E., Johnson, R. and Gaucher, E., 2014. Evolutionary history and metabolic insights of ancient mammalian uricases. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 111(10), pp.3763-3768