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The fatty acid composition of the oil of four resynthesized rapeseed (Brassica napus L.) lines resulting from crosses between B. campestris L. and B. alboglabra Bailey was compared with that of the mid-parent value. Low palmitic acid content was partially epistatic over high. High oleic acid content could be either partially hypostatic to or transgressively epistatic over low content of this fatty acid, depending on the erucic acid contents of the parental species. Epistasis was observed for low linoleic acid content in two crosses whereas additive gene action was shown for this fatty acid in the other two crosses. Partial or transgressive epistasis was observed for low linolenic acid content. High eicosenoic acid content was generally epistatic over low. Partial epistasis was observed for high erucic acid content in three crosses but hypostasis was also observed in one cross. Oleic acid content played a key role in the change of fatty acid composition. Regarding the inheritance of erucic acid content, the hypothesis was substantiated that B. napus contained two genes for this fatty acid residing in the genomes from B. campestris and B. oleracea. Caution should be taken in accepting the proposed hypothesis (Krzymanski and Downey, 1969) that there is a series of erucic alleles based on the phenotypic value of erucic acid content, because the influence of different genetic backgrounds and/or ploidy level on the allelic performance is not taken into consideration.
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Chen, B., Heneen, W. Fatty acid composition of resynthesized Brassica napus L., B. campestris L. and B. alboglabra Bailey with special reference to the inheritance of erucic acid content. Heredity 63, 309–314 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/hdy.1989.103
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