Sea Squirt Genome Reveals Cannabinoid Receptor Older Than Believed

Apr 01, 2004

NEW YORK, April 1 (GenomeWeb News) - A new examination of a sea squirt genome, which was sequenced in 2002, has revealed that the cannabinoid receptor gene exists in an invertebrate.

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