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A collection of 50 Einkorn wheat accessions (26 of T. monococcum, 14 of T. baeoticum and 10 T. urartu) was analyzed for low-molecular-weight (LMW) glutenin subunit composition. At the B-LMW glutenin region, T. monococcum possessed 1 or 2 subunits, and T. baeoticum and T. urartu from 1 to 3 subunits. Seven different electrophoretical patterns were detected among T. monococcum and six in both T. baeoticum and T. urartu. T. monococcum was shown to be the less polymorphic, followed by T. baeoticum and by T. urartu. The fact that more glutenin genes are expressed in Einkorn wheats than in polyploid cultivated wheats suggests their possible use in breeding for improving bread and durum wheat quality.
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Rodríguez-Quijano, M., Nieto-Taladriz, M. & Carrillo, J. Variation in B-LMW glutenin subunits in Einkorn wheats. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 44, 539–543 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008691524039
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