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Nature Structural & Molecular Biology 15, 781–783 (1 August 2008) | doi:10.1038/nsmb0808-781
The chloride channel's appendix
Abstract
The human appendix seems to do nothing but cause misery. This organ, which has been suggested to exist solely to generate income for surgeons, is an evolutionary vestige from a time when our ancestors chewed their cud and needed to digest grass.
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