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Convergent evolution: What do cats, catnip, aphids, and mosquitoes have in common?

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The well-known English naturalist John Ray wrote more than 200 years ago about the curious reaction of cats to a plant in the mint or Lamiaceae family, the catnip plant Nepeta cataria. Ray even wrote a short verse about the relationship between cats and catnip... ...