Cannabis labelling is associated with genetic variation in terpene synthase genes

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Deep Stuff: From this Link https://www.nature.com/articles/s41477-021-01003-y

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

Published: 14 October 2021

 

[H.A.F.]

Makes sense. It's all about the terps.

 

[H.A.F.]

I could see a more terp-related grouping of weed being easier to manage instead of "true indica" or "true sativa" which are rare and not widely grown - and hybrids which is basically everything.

If they were sorted by pinene or myrcene dominant, or linalool, caryophylenye etc. we as the buyer could zero in on what we like best and/or which works best for us. Fuck "sativa dominant" - a 99% sativa is a hybrid.