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FIG. 15.9 Copy number variation in a gene that helps break down starch. Copy numbers of AMY1 vary between societies with high-starch and low-starch diets. Data from G. H. Perry, N. J. Dominy, K. G. Claw, A. S. Lee, H. Fiegler, R. Redon, J. Werner, F. A. Villanea, J. L. Mountain, R. Misra, N. P. Carter, C. Lee, and A. C. Stone, 2007, “Diet and the Evolution of Human Amylase Copy Number Variation,” Nature Genetics 39:1256–1260.
Copy numbers of AMY1 vary between societies with high-starch and low-starch diets. Data from G. H. Perry, N. J. Dominy, K. G. Claw, A. S. Lee, H. Fiegler, R. Redon, J. Werner, F. A. Villanea, J. L. Mountain, R. Misra, N. P. Carter, C. Lee, and A. C. Stone, 2007, “Diet and the Evolution of Human Amylase Copy Number Variation,” Nature Genetics 39:1256–1260.