Cannabis labelling is associated with genetic variation in terpene synthase genes.

Nat Plants

Department of Plant, Food and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University, Truro, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Published: October 2021

Analysis of over 100 Cannabis samples quantified for terpene and cannabinoid content and genotyped for over 100,000 single nucleotide polymorphisms indicated that Sativa- and Indica-labelled samples were genetically indistinct on a genome-wide scale. Instead, we found that Cannabis labelling was associated with variation in a small number of terpenes whose concentrations are controlled by genetic variation at tandem arrays of terpene synthase genes.

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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8516649PMC
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01003-yDOI Listing

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