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The lipids of normal and a high oleic acid mutant (1) sunflower seeds have been biochemically characterized. “In vivo” and “in vitro” incubations with [1-14C] oleate showed a lack of oleate desaturase activity in developing mutant seeds.
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Garcés, R., García, J.M., Mancha, M. (1989). Biochemical Characterization of a High Oleic Acid Mutant from Sunflower. In: Biacs, P.A., Gruiz, K., Kremmer, T. (eds) Biological Role of Plant Lipids. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-1303-8_16
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