Figure 3.

Fatty acid composition of mature mutant seeds. Total lipid extraction and fatty acid transmethylation were carried out on batches of 20 seeds. Total fatty acid composition (in mol%) of seeds was determined by GC analyses. Results are the mean of three independent measurements; s.d. was always less than 1% of the mean. Fatty acid composition of WT Ws (acc1-1 background), Ler (gk background) and Col0 (pas3 background) seeds was analysed; the results presented for the Ws seeds are representative of the three ecotypes.