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The Genetics of Vitamin C Loss in Vertebrates

18 Jul 2011

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Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) plays important roles as an anti-oxidant and in collagen synthesis. These important roles, and the relatively large amounts of vitamin C required daily, likely explain why most vertebrate species are able to synthesize this compound. Surprisingly, many species, such as teleost fishes, anthropoid primates, guinea pigs, as well as some bat and Passeriformes bird species, have lost the...

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PMID: 22294879
DOI: 10.2174/138920211796429736

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