ArticleScience advances2020
The evolutionary origins of the cat attractant nepetalactone in catnip.
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17 authors at 5 institutions in 3 countries.
Benjamin R LichmanCentre for Novel Agricultural Products, Department of Biology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-0033-1120
Grant T GoddenFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
John P HamiltonDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8682-5526
Lira PalmerDepartment of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
Mohamed O KamileenDepartment of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-1346-1055
Dongyan ZhaoDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2080-8416
Brieanne VaillancourtDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6795-5173
Joshua C WoodDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.
Miao SunFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5701-0478
Taliesin J KinserFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.
Laura K HenryDepartment of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0037-2114
Carlos Rodriguez-LopezDepartment of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany.
Natalia DudarevaDepartment of Biochemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-0777-7763
Douglas E SoltisFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8638-4137
Pamela S SoltisFlorida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9310-8659
C Robin BuellDepartment of Plant Biology, Michigan State University, 612 Wilson Road, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6727-4677
Sarah E O'ConnorDepartment of Natural Product Biosynthesis, Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology, D-07745 Jena, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0356-6213
Florida Museum of Natural History · USMichigan State University · USMax Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology · DEPurdue University West Lafayette · USUniversity of York · GB
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Catnip or catmint (
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