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Gas-liquid chromatographic analysis of methyl esters of fatty acids of individual maize seeds of parental and segregating populations suggests that desaturation at the Delta(12-13) position in oleic acid is under simple Mendelian control. High linoleic acid content is recessive to low.
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Poneleit et al. (1965) studied this question.
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