We are characterizing the genome of mints to understand how polyploid spearmint and peppermint were formed. We are using genomic insight, TILLING, and hybridization to breed new mints.
Questions we are attempting to answer:
What are the structures of the commercial hybrid mint genomes?
Can we restore fertility in sterile allohexaploid peppermint?
How did the mint oil biosynthetic pathways evolve?
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