At 06:37 2000-04-06 -0500, Amadeus wrote:

>But this can result in a lasting change *only* if for a long time
>the ascorbate supply from food is constantely high.
>Because you need the time that all other individuals of the species
>need the time to die off.

But if this happens during a population bottleneck, when food is scarce,
but still contain vitamin C, this need not be for very long.

- Hans