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Dolph Schluter
Dolph Schluter stands atop the craggy outpost of a twenty-metre high clifftop, his gaze intently focused on the waves below him. From his vantage point, he can see the fishing boat that has come to take him off Los Hermanos, a remote island in the Galapagos archipelago. But it's not much use. The seas are too rough and the steep shoreline of the jagged volcanic rock would smash to pieces any boat that attempted to dock.
Behind him, two of his colleagues are frantically packing...
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Q:I imagine there must be a gene for lactose tolerance in mammals and humans? They have to have it, otherwise as infants they could not digest the milk. Then what happens? Does that gene get turned off somehow, and a gene for lactose intolerance starts to operate? Where does that gene come from? And then in some people, the lactose intolerant gene gets turned off? So they can continue to drink milk? I suppose I'm asking if there is a genetic explanation for lactose intolerance in adults?
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