elo-1 encodes a component of C-18 polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) elongase that is required for normal elongation of n-6 and n-3 20-carbon PUFA in vivo; ELO-1 is a condensing enzyme that elongates n-6 and n-7 (and, with less efficiency, n-3) series C18 PUFAs.
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.