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

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.

SUBMITTER: Watts S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8516649 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature