Nonsense-mediated mRNA degradation of CtFAD2-1 and development of a perfect molecular marker for olol mutation in high oleic safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.).

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There are two types of safflower oil, high oleic (HO) with 70-75 % oleic acid and high linoleic (HL) with about 70 % linoleic acid. The original HO trait in safflower, found in an introduction from India, is controlled by a partially recessive allele ol at a single locus (Knowles and Bill 1964). In the lipid biosynthesis pathway of developing safflower seeds, microsomal oleoyl phosphatidylcholine desaturase...

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