About: Lactase persistence

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Continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, enabling digestion of dairy products

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dbo:description	capacità di digerire latte e latticini anche da adulti (it) laktaseaktivitet som er vedvarande, sjølv etter ablaktasjon, og som held fram inn i vaksenlivet (nn) continued activity of the lactase enzyme in adulthood, enabling digestion of dairy products (en)
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dbp:date	May 2025 (en)
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rdfs:label	Lactase persistence (en) استدامة إنزيم اللاكتيز (ar) Persistenza di lattasi (it) ラクターゼ活性持続症 (ja)
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