Chapter 47, Problem 3ITD

Summary Introduction

To review:

Whether the data support the hypothesis put forward by George Perry and his team about the duplication of AMY-1 genes and its selective advantage in cultures having starch as their base diet.

Introduction:

George Perry and his team conducted experiments on the AMY-1 gene that could confer a selective advantage in cultures in which starch is a large part of the diet. They hypothesized that duplication of the gene would have a selective advantage. They collected data based on seven different cultural groups with different traditional diets.