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My go-to example is Vitamin C: it's an essential nutrient for humans, but mice, like most other animals, are capable of simply producing it. That's usually a g
by Amorymeltzer 8y ago
My go-to example is Vitamin C: it's an essential nutrient for humans, but mice, like most other animals, are capable of simply producing it. That's usually a good starting point for the "they're really different" conversation.
- anitil 8y agoFor the curious: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-gulonolactone_oxidase#Consequences_of_loss https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L-gulonolactone_oxidase#Conseq... I couldn't really make sense of the two proposed theories, other than one suggested perhaps it was an advantageous adaption in the presence of malaria.