lactase persistence en · NOUN
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(uncountable) The continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, allowing the digestion of lactose in milk.
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.
2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 6, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN:
Relateds
lactose-free · lactose intolerant · lactose intolerance