About the Authors
- Tahira Fatima
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Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Crystal L. Snyder
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- William R. Schroeder
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Affiliation Agroforestry Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Indian Head, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Dustin Cram
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Affiliation Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Raju Datla
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Affiliation Plant Biotechnology Institute, National Research Council, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- David Wishart
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Affiliation Departments of Computing Science and Biological Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Randall J. Weselake
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Affiliation Department of Agricultural, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- Priti Krishna
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* E-mail: pkrishna@uwo.ca
Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PK RJW TF CS. Performed the experiments: TF CS. Analyzed the data: TF CS PK RJW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WRS. Wrote the paper: PK TF CS. Oversaw standardization of fatty acid analysis: DW. Oversaw fatty acid analysis: RJW. Carried out in silico analysis of ESTs related to fatty acid biosynthesis in seeds of sea buckthorn, flax and Arabidopsis: DC RD.