Soybean Oil-Quality Variants Identified by Large-Scale Mutagenesis

Figure 1

Distribution of fatty acid levels in the mutant population. Percentage of each fatty acid as measured over 4566 M₃ seed samples from mutant M₂ individuals by gas chromatography for five major fatty acids of soybean seeds. Black diamond on 𝑥-axis represents mean fatty acid level for Williams-82 wild type, and error bars represent two standard deviations from the mean. (a) 16 : 0 Palmitic acid, (b) 18 : 0 stearic acid, (c) 18 : 1 oleic Acid, (d) 18 : 2 linoleic acid, and (e) 18 : 3 linolenic acid.

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