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- Corkery, Robert W., 1967-, et al.
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A case for discotic liquid crystals in molten triglycerides
- 2007
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Ingår i: Langmuir. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0743-7463 .- 1520-5827. ; 23, s. 7241-7246
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- To date, essentially only two structural models have been proposed and debated in detail for explaining the liquid state order of triglycerides, and both invoke a form of thermotropic liquid crystalline order in triglyceride melts. These are the paralamellar model of Larsson et al. (J. Am. Oil Chem. Soc. 1992, 69, 835) and the nematic model of Cebula et al. (J. Am. Oil Chem Soc. 1992, 69, 130). An alternative discotic model is proposed here that adequately accounts for the broad small-angle X-ray diffraction peak often observed in the liquid state of fats and oils. In this alternative model, triglyceride molecules exist in the liquid state with fully splayed chains, approximating "Y"-shapes (Y-conformers). These are loosely bound within discs that stack into flexible, relatively short cylindrical rods of colloidal dimension, which in turn assemble into rod-packings with short-range order akin to disordered versions of thermotropic discotic liquid crystalline phases in other lipidic systems.
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- Denoyes-Rothan, B., et al.
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Use of a Reference Octoploid Map for Detecting Homoeologous QTLs Potentially Involved in Viability in the Cultivated Strawberry
- 2009
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Ingår i: VI INTERNATIONAL STRAWBERRY SYMPOSIUM. - : INT SOC HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE. ; , s. 537-540
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The construction of a reference map of the complex octoploid cultivated strawberry was optimized by comparative mapping between Fragaria showing different levels of ploidy. In addition, this approach is a powerful tool for improving the detection of QTLs, and for a better understanding of the organization of these QTLs. By identifying the homoeologous linkage groups in the complex octoploid cultivated strawberry, potential homoeologous QTLs in Fragaria can be detected. The comparative mapping was based on two populations belonging to two different levels of Fragaria. The linkage map of the complex octoploid cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch., 2n=8x=56) was based on a segregating population of 213 individuals of a cross between ‘Capitola’ and ‘CF1116’, two genotypes with many contrasting traits. This genetic map was compared to the diploid one, obtained from an interspecific cross between F. vesca and F. bucharica (Sargent et al., 2006). Based on 56 SSR markers common to both diploid and octoploid genetic maps, almost all linkage groups of the genetic octoploid map were arranged into the seven homoeologous groups (HGs) expected for the genus Fragaria, which belongs to the tribe Rosoideae. For each trait, QTLs can potentially be detected on each linkage group belonging to the same HG. Results showed detection of homoeologous chromosomal regions potentially involved in viability of the plant.
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- Rousseau, D, et al.
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Microstructure of fat bloom development in plain and filled chocolate confections
- 2008
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Ingår i: Soft Matter. - 1744-683X .- 1744-6848. ; 4, s. 1706-1712
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Temperature-controlled environmental scanning electron microscopy was used to examine the microstructural changes in plain solid chocolate and its counterpart stored against a tricaprylin-based filling cream. Sample storage at 26 C for 40 days led to significant changes in microstructure as a function of time. Surface imperfections (pores, pits, etc.) initially present on the filled confection disappeared within two days whereas those on the control did not throughout the storage period. Morphological changes on the surface of the control were dominated by the growth of needle-like crystals whereas spherulites appeared on the filled chocolate, with large crystals (upwards of 100 microns in length, in some cases) observed in both cases. From a microstructural perspective, both diffusion and capillarity appear to have a part in fat bloom initiation and propagation, though temperature and the presence of a filling fat strongly dictate which mechanism will dominate.
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