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The Genetic Structure of Marijuana and Hemp.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Sawler Jason, Stout Jake M, Gardner Kyle M, Hudson Darryl, Vidmar John, Butler Laura, Page Jonathan E, Myles Sean
Abstract excerpt
Despite its cultivation as a source of food, fibre and medicine, and its global status as the most used illicit drug, the genus Cannabis has an inconclusive taxonomic organization and evolutionary history. Drug types of Cannabis (marijuana), which contain high amounts of the psychoactive cannabinoid Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), are used for medical purposes and as a recreational drug. Hemp types are grown for...
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