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A collection of 29 lines of Spanish einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L. ssp. monococcum) were analysed for morphological traits and waxy proteins. Four different botanical varieties were detected in the collection on the basis of the morphological traits. For the waxy proteins, no polymorphism has been described in previous works in wheat diploid species. In the current materials, two different alleles were found, namely Wx-A m 1a and Wx-A m 1a′. The allele Wx-A m 1a′ that presents less mobility than the Wx-A m 1a, has not been previously described and was only found in one line.
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This research was supported by grant AGL2007-65685-C02-02 from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation and the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) from the European Union. The first author thanks the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (FPU programme) for a predoctoral fellowship. The technical assistance of Ana Moral is appreciated.
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Guzmán, C., Caballero, L. & Alvarez, J.B. Variation in Spanish cultivated einkorn wheat (Triticum monococcum L. ssp. monococcum) as determined by morphological traits and waxy proteins. Genet Resour Crop Evol 56, 601–604 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10722-009-9424-4
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