SO ENDS this contemplation of the vitamin C gene, its losses and reactivations, and the development of a novel synthetic pathway in photosynthetic eukaryotes by massive lateral gene transfer. Two-time unshared Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling was a strong advocate of vitamin augmentation, but his work was largely ignored. Today, the debate still rages on.
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