Arabidopsis thaliana (Arabidopsis) seeds are myxospermous and release two layers of mucilage on imbibition. The outer layer can be extracted with water facilitating the analysis of its major constituent, polysaccharides. The composition and properties of outer mucilage have been determined for 306 natural accessions and six control genotypes to generate a data set comprising six traits measured in four biological replicates for each. Future exploitation of this data is possible in a range of analyses and should yield information concerning genetic diversity, underlying genetic factors and the biological function of mucilage as an adaptive trait.

中文翻译：

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拟南芥天然种质种子外黏液的组成和理化性质。

拟南芥（Arabidopsis）种子是无核的，吸收后会释放出两层粘液。可以用水提取外层，以利于分析其主要成分多糖。已经确定了306个自然种质和6个对照基因型的外部黏液的组成和性质，以生成一个数据集，该数据集包含在四个生物学重复中测得的六个特征。将来可能会在一系列分析中利用此数据，并应提供有关遗传多样性，潜在遗传因素和粘液作为适应性状的生物学功能的信息。