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Ep 54 Wake Up and Smell the Caffeine
This Podcast Will Kill You
Caffeine: A Complex Molecule
Caffeine is in so many different plant species all over the tropics naturally. So does that mean that it evolved separately or into like in these convergent evolution, basically, events? Is caffeine like a simple molecule or like a relatively simple molecule that it had like why caffeine like what like why that one particular compound? You know what I mean? Do you know what I'm asking? No, great question. And so yeah, to answer your question, it is independent evolution. But again, plants have many ways in which they can defend themselves and there's mechanical defenses as well as tough tissues.
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