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Cannabis Sequencing Study Explores Differences Between Marijuana, Hemp Producing Plants

Oct 20, 2011

By Andrea Anderson

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – Canadian researchers reported online today in Genome Biology that they have sequenced the draft genome and transcriptome of a marijuana-producing Cannabis sativa strain known as "Purple Kush."

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