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Polymorphism of hordeins encoded by the Hrd A, Hrd B, and Hrd F loci was analyzed in 84 accessions of local barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) varieties from major agricultural regions of Afghanistan using starch gel electrophoresis. Forty alleles of the Hrd A locus with the frequencies from 0.12 to 32.73%, 62 alleles of the Hrd B locus with the frequencies from 0.12 to 14.29%, and five alleles of the Hrd F locus with the frequencies from 0.59 to 32.15% have been identified. The conclusion about genetic similarity of barley populations from different regions of Afghanistan is made on the basis of cluster analysis of the matrix of allele frequencies in barley populations from 31 localities. The local barley populations form four unequal clusters. The largest cluster I includes populations from 14 localities of Afghanistan. The second largest cluster IV consists of populations from ten localities, and clusters II and III comprise populations from four and three localities, respectively. Each of the four clusters includes populations from different regions of northern and southern Afghanistan. Based on our results, we conclude that the diversity of hordein-coding loci and the distribution of their alleles among different regions of Afghanistan are the consequences of introduction of barley landraces and their distribution over trade routes.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Pomortsev, S.P. Martynov, O.N. Kovaleva, E.V. Lyalina, 2010, published in Genetika, 2010, Vol. 46, No. 11, pp. 1507–1515.
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Pomortsev, A.A., Martynov, S.P., Kovaleva, O.N. et al. Polymorphism of hordein-coding loci in cultivated barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in Afghanistan. Russ J Genet 46, 1327–1334 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1022795410110086
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