Cannabis labelling is associated with genetic variation in terpene synthase genes

Sophie Watts; Michel McElroy; Zoë Migicovsky; Hugo Maassen; Robin van Velzen; Sean Myles

doi:10.1038/s41477-021-01003-y

Cannabis labelling is associated with genetic variation in terpene synthase genes

Sophie Watts
, Michel McElroy
, Zoë Migicovsky
, Hugo Maassen
, Robin van Velzen
, Sean Myles^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

Biosystematics

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1330-1334
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nature Plants
Volume	7
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-021-01003-y
Publication status	Published - Oct 2021

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Watts, S. (Creator), McElroy, M. (Creator), Migicovsky, Z. (Creator), Maassen, H. (Creator), van Velzen, R. (Creator) & Myles, S. (Creator), Wageningen University & Research, 30 Jul 2021
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