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Although milk and dairy products are common components of the human diet, approximately 65% of the world’s population cannot completely digest them due to lactose intolerance (Malik & Panuganti, 2023). Lactose intolerance is a heritable trait that typically emerges in individuals around weaning. Previously, the enzyme lactase is produced in the infant’s small intestinal lining to digest breast milk. Lactase consists of four identical polypeptide subunits encoded by the LCT gene on...

Very interesting! I especially enjoyed reading the section regarding the specific mutations that allow for lactose tolerance. It is exciting to see a relevant application of the buzz around SNPs and epigenetic modifications!!