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Kiwifruit duplicated its vitamin C genes twice, 50 million and 20 million years ago
- September 22, 2018
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Today's kiwifruit contains about as much vitamin C as an orange -- the result of the kiwifruit's ancestors' spontaneously duplicating their DNA in two separate evolutionary events approximately 50-57 million and 18-20 million years ago.
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"Kiwifruit duplicated its vitamin C genes twice, 50 million and 20 million years ago", MachPrinciple, September 22, 2018, https://machprinciple.com/post/Kiwifruit-duplicated-its-vitamin-C-genes-twice-50-million-and-20-million-years-ago
