So I know there’s dominant and recessive genes that influence everything about the plant butttt I was wondering are certain terps dominant/recessive no matter what strain they are in? For example say you have two strains that are super lemony that aren’t related is that because that specific terp is always dominant?
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They would have to share the same Alleles to pass the trait so its a possibility they might share the same Allele to activate that Specific trait.In my experiences chucking shit ive seen that usually Birds of a feather flock together for the most part if i cant find a particular male from something i try to find something as close to that strain as i can to it in similarity If its a common strong point in the Strain it probably has the same type of allelle i dont see why it wouldn’t so it might come off as Dominant but those two plants had that one important key in common and the expression was shared in the future progeny .Im just a guy who talks to plant’s in my garage so its jut my thesis on it i could be wrong so meh 
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Interesting thought.
Right on! 
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It aint me.
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Myrcene is co-dominant, has one main locus in one chromossome… there are also few minor locus, many activated by the environment…
In general we have the genes for the expression of a group of terpenes (mono, sesqui etc…) than, external factors will influence as well. As far as I read, myrcene has this specific gene, passed through mendelian inheritance.
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Ahh ok I was thinking of terpenes as being like an individual gene
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I’m sure about myrcene… maybe someone knows about the others with more accuracy.
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I will try to find the article about It, don’t want to say nonsense, but i remember something about various groups of genes, and some related to morphology, like limonene and sativa traits. There, they argue that, when both aleles for myrcene (plus the minors elicitants) makes more than 0,5%, thus giving the couchlock effect.
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That’s an interesting question man and I think you have to start with genotype and phenotypes… Basically the framework of the strain will determine most of the terpene profile. Funny enough you can grow the same cultivar multiple times and tweak something in the environment like medium light or temp / humidity with varying results in terms of terps. Cannabis is a cool plant that’s for sure
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In essence… terps do not have a dominant/recessive relation, the same enzyme can produce different terps and, there is correlation with cannabinoid production…
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Ahhh ok thanks for that. Definitely gonna give that a good read