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Evolutionary implications of ascorbic acid production in the Australian lungfish

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It is shown that the Australian lungfish (Neoceratodus forsteri) synthesizes ascorbic acid in its kidney, suggesting that ascorbic acid synthesis started before the origin of the tetrapods.

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  1. D. E. Dykhuizen

    Present address: Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University, 47907, West Lafayette, IN, USA

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  1. Research School of Biological Sciences, Austradian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia

    D. E. Dykhuizen, K. M. Harrison & B. J. Richardson

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Acknowledgments. We would like to thank Dr G.C. Grigg, University of Sydney, Mr R. B. Humphries, Dr P.A. Janssens and Dr C.H. Tyndale-Biscoe, Australian National University, and Dr. M. Griffiths and J.C. MacIlroy C.S.I.R.O., Division of Wildlife Research for supplying the tissue.

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Dykhuizen, D.E., Harrison, K.M. & Richardson, B.J. Evolutionary implications of ascorbic acid production in the Australian lungfish. Experientia 36, 945–946 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01953807

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