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The B low-molecular-weight (LMW) glutenin subunit composition of a collection of 88 durum wheat cultivars was analyzed. Extensive variation has been found and 18 different patterns were detected. Each cultivar exhibited 4–8 subunits, and altogether 20 subunits of different mobility were identified. The genetic control of all these subunits was determined through the analysis of nine F2 populations and one backcross. Five subunits were controlled at the Glu-A3 locus, 14 at Glu-B3 and 1 at Glu-B2. At the Glu-A3 locus each cultivar possessed from zero to three bands and eight alleles were identified. At the Glu-B3 locus each cultivar showed four or five bands and nine alleles were detected. Only one band was encoded by the Glu-B2 locus. A nomenclature for these alleles is proposed and the relationship between them and the commonly used LMW-model nomenclature is discussed.
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Received: 10 February 1997 / Accepted: 25 April 1997
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Nieto-Taladriz, M., Ruiz, M., Martínez, M. et al. Variation and classification of B low-molecular-weight glutenin subunit alleles in durum wheat. Theor Appl Genet 95, 1155–1160 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050676
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s001220050676