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Gene duplication and divergence affecting drug content in Cannabis sativa.
The New phytologist - 1 Dec 2015
Weiblen George D, Wenger Jonathan P, Craft Kathleen J, ElSohly Mahmoud A, Mehmedic Zlatko, Treiber Erin L, Marks M David
Abstract excerpt
Cannabis sativa is an economically important source of durable fibers, nutritious seeds, and psychoactive drugs but few economic plants are so poorly understood genetically. Marijuana and hemp were crossed to evaluate competing models of cannabinoid inheritance and to explain the predominance of tetrahydrocannabinolic acid (THCA) in marijuana compared with cannabidiolic acid (CBDA) in hemp. Individuals in the...
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