Front Range companies partner to map cannabis genome

BOULDER and FORT COLLINS — Two Front Range companies have announced that they have mapped the cannabis genome.

Fort Collins-based Sunrise Genetics, the parent company of Marigene and Hempgene, partnered with Boulder-based CBDRx/ Functional Remedies to start the mapping in 2015.

By mapping out the 10 chromosomes in the cannabis plant, researchers can determine their relationship to each other, how they interact and what that means for human consumption, both medically and recreationally.

The two companies decided to work together: Functional Remedies, also known as CBDRx, was looking to research the DNA in…