TWiEVO 82: A genetic hack for the human brain
This Week in Evolution
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The Effects of Tectol 1 on Fatty Acid Synthesis
The Tectol 1 gene encodes a protein that's in the transketolase family. This is thought to act in a metabolic pathway, the pentose phosphate pathway or PPP pathway. And so by having more availability of that fatty acid, it might simply mean that the stem cells are dividing, renewing, making more cells and they have more of that building block.
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