This is the pre-publication proof. The definitive version of the article is available at: 1 http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1438-8677.2011.00444.x/abstract 2 3 Plant Biology (2011), 13, 932-939 4 5 6 Leaf cuticular n-alkanes as markers in the chemotaxonomy of the eggplant (Solanum 7 melongena L.) and related species 8 9 Lukasz P. Haliński, Janusz Szafranek, Piotr Stepnowski 10 Department of Environmental Analysis, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, 11 Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland 12 13 Running title: Leaf n-alkanes in the chemotaxonomy of the eggplant and related species 14 Corresponding author: Lukasz P. Haliński, Department of Environmental Analysis, Faculty of 15 Chemistry, University of Gdańsk, Sobieskiego 18, 80-952 Gdańsk, Poland; e-mail: 16 lukaszh@chem.univ.gda.pl , tel.: (+48 58) 523 54 01, fax: (+48 58) 523 54 72 17 Keywords: eggplant, Solanum melongena, Solanum incanum, Solanum insanum, cuticular waxes, 18 alkanes, chemotaxonomy 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26