Caffeine is Very, Very Strange...9 insights · See all
- Plants that produce caffeine suffer less insect damage because caffeine is toxic to many insects, so caffeine-producing individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce than neighboring plants without it.
Plants that produce caffeine suffer less insect damage because caffeine is toxic to many insects, so caffeine-producing individuals are more likely to survive and reproduce than neighboring plants without it.
- Caffeine evolved independently in many plant lineages because adenine-derived biochemistry is ubiquitous and small enzymatic changes can accidentally convert adenine-related molecules into caffeine, which natural selection can then favor.
Caffeine evolved independently in many plant lineages because adenine-derived biochemistry is ubiquitous and small enzymatic changes can accidentally convert adenine-related molecules into caffeine, which natural selection can then favor.
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