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Molecular sources of chemodiversity in Tanacetum vulgare

Specialised metabolism is remarkably dynamic with new compounds evolving rapidly, forming large intraspecific chemodiversity. In contrast, the central metabolism is highly conserved. Dynamic changes in specialised metabolites can be phenotypically expressed in different chemotypes of plants such as Tanacetum vulgare, in which leaves can be dominated by different terpenoids, causing intraspecific chemodiversity. These changes must also be reflected in the genomes and in the control structure of the genes encoding the corresponding pathways and networks. With this project we aim to identify enzymes of terpenoid metabolism in T. vulgare on the molecular level and elucidate the pathway branching points towards different monoterpenoids.