Catnip's Cat-Attracter Is Example of 'Repeated Evolution' (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Catnip's Cat-Attracter Is Example of 'Repeated Evolution'

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Catnip evolved its cat-attracting chemical, actually an insect repellant, tens of millions of years after one of its ancestors had lost the ability to make this type of compound.

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