Coffee genome sequenced by scientists: Caffeine & convergent evolution

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canuckcoffeeguy
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#1: Post by canuckcoffeeguy »

Interesting new study about coffee and how the presence of caffeine evolved separately in tea and cacao plants. More insight on the most widely consumed (legal) drug in the world.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/04/scien ... ke-up.html

BuckleyT
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Looks like there is parallel posting of this story on H-B. I commented on the other post without being aware of yours. sorry, I didn't mean to step on your toes, if I did.
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#3: Post by canuckcoffeeguy (original poster) »

Apologies HB. I didn't see the other similar post. Is there a way to delete a thread? Dan, I'm ok with it being removed. Thanks for the heads up BuckleyT.