Thursday, February 25, 2021

The Genes We Lost Along the Way

Very recommendable! Amazing stuff!

Did you know we once had a gene that produces the precursor of vitamin C?
"... The non-functional gulonolactone oxidase pseudogene (GULOP) was mapped to human chromosome 8p21 that corresponds to an evolutionarily conserved segment on either porcine chromosome 4 (SSC4) or 14 (SSC14). GULO produces the precursor to ascorbic acid, which spontaneously converts to the vitamin ("vitamin C"). ..." (Source)

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