The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip

Catnip or catmint (Nepeta spp.) is a flowering plant in the mint family (Lamiaceae) famed for its ability to attract cats. This phenomenon is caused by the compound nepetalactone, a volatile iridoid that also repels insects. Iridoids are present in many Lamiaceae species but were lost in the ancesto...

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Autores principales: Lichman, Benjamin R., Godden, Grant T., Hamilton, John P., Palmer, Lira, Kamileen, Mohamed O., Zhao, Dongyan, Vaillancourt, Brieanne, Wood, Joshua C., Sun, Miao, Kinser, Taliesin J., Henry, Laura K., Rodriguez-Lopez, Carlos, Dudareva, Natalia, Soltis, Douglas E., Soltis, Pamela S., Buell, C. Robin, O’Connor, Sarah E.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2020
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Research Articles
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32426505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba0721

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7220310/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32426505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aba0721

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