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GrainGenes Reference Report: EUP-104-181

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Reference
EUP-104-181
Title
Genetic diversity within spelta and macha wheats based on RAPD analysis.
Journal
Euphytica
Year
1998
Volume
104
Pages
181-189
Author
Cao WG
Hucl P
Scoles G
Chibbar RN
Abstract
Crop germplasm collections contain a considerable percentage of misclassified accessions which may affect the use of germplasm for agricultural crop improvement. The objective of this study was to determine if random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) analysis could be used to reclassify misclassified Triticum accessions. Twelve accessions suspected to be misclassified, based on morphological characters, as either macha or vavilovii wheat were studied using RAPD and cytological analyses. In the RAPD analysis, a dendrogram, based on Jaccard genetic similarity coefficients, grouped 5 dicoccum-like, 1 timopheevii-like, and 6 monococcum-like accessions with Triticum dicoccum, T. timopheevii, and T. monococcum accessions, respectively. These results were confirmed by the cytological analysis. A RAPD marker specific to the D genome was also detected. This study suggests that RAPD analysis can be used to classify germplasm and to distinguish some species in Triticum.
External Databases
Agricola: 2010-14060
Keyword
chiasma frequency
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