Cause of Hyperlipasemia (High Lipase Levels): Pancreatitis - also known as inflammation of the pancreas, can cause amylase and lipase levels to be increased up to 3 times normal. Both values should be increased, in order to carry the diagnosis of pancreatitis. Lipase may be increased in tumors of the pancreas, or stomach certain stomach conditions.
Over time, this process gradually leads to entirely new types of life. This process is responsible for the many diverse life forms in the world today. Evolution is the process of change in all forms of life over generations. An organism inherits features called traits from its parents through genes. Changes called mutations in these genes can produce a new trait in the offspring of an organism.
A mutation is a change in DNA, the hereditary material of life. An organism's DNA affects how it looks, how it behaves, and its physiology. So a change in an organism's DNA can cause changes in all aspects of its life. 1  DNA and the molecular basis of mutations.  types of mutations.