The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip

Authors: Benjamin R. Lichman, Grant T. Godden, John P. Hamilton, Lira Palmer, Mohamed O. Kamileen, Dongyan Zhao, Brieanne Vaillancourt, Joshua C. Wood, Miao Sun, Taliesin J. Kinser, Laura K. Henry, Carlos Rodriguez-Lopez, Natalia Dudareva, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Soltis, C. Robin Buell, Sarah E. O’Connor

Published: 2020-05-13

DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aba0721

Source: Full article

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Abstract

Complementary clues from enzyme and genome evolution reveal how a mint turned into catmint.