Wild Emmer, Triticum dicoccoides,Wheat Progenitor: Origin and Evolution
Genetic and morphological evidence clearly indicates that the cultivated tetraploid turgidum wheats (both hulled dicoccum forms and free threshing durum varieties) are closely related to the wild wheat that is native to the Near East and traditionally cal
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E. Nevo . A.B. Korol . A. Beiles . T. Fahima
Evolution of Wild Emmer and Wheat Improvement Population Genetics, Genetic Resources, and Genome Organization of Wheat's Progenitor, Triticum dicoccoides
With 59 Figures and 85 Tables
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Professor EVIATAR NEVO Professor ABRAHAM B. KOROL Dr. AVIGDOR BElLES Dr. TZION FAHIMA Institute of Evolution University of Haifa Mount Carmel Haifa 31905 Israel
ISBN 978-3-642-07512-4 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Nevo, Eviatar. Evolution of Wild emmer and wheat improvement: population genetics, genetic resources, and genome organization of wheat's projenitor, Triticum dicoccoides I E. Nevo, A.B. Korol, T. Fahima. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. ). ISBN 978-3-642-07512-4 ISBN 978-3-662-07140-3 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-07140-3 1. Emmer wheat - Evolution.
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2. Crop improvement. I. Korol', A.B. (Abram II. Fahima, T. (Tzion), 1959- III. Title.
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Preface
This book is about the contribution to evolutionary theory and agricultural technology of one of humankind's most dramatic imitations of the evolutionary process, namely crop domestication, as exemplified by the progenitor of wheat, Triticum dicoccoides. This species is a major model organism and it has been studied at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, since 1979. The domestication by humans of wild plants to cultivated ones during the last ten millennia is one of the best demonstrations of evolution. It is a process that has been condensed in time and advanced by artificial rather than natural selection. Plant and animal domestication revolutionized human cultural evolution and is the major factor underlying
