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Science 14 November 1997:
Vol. 278. no. 5341, pp. 1312 - 1314
DOI: 10.1126/science.278.5341.1312
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Site of Einkorn Wheat Domestication Identified by DNA Fingerprinting

Manfred Heun, Ralf Schäfer-Pregl, Dieter Klawan, Renato Castagna, Monica Accerbi, Basilio Borghi, Francesco Salamini *

The emergence of agriculture in the Near East also involved the domestication of einkorn wheat. Phylogenetic analysis that was based on the allelic frequency at 288 amplified fragment length polymorphism molecular marker loci indicates that a wild group of Triticum monococcum boeoticum lines from the Karacadağ mountains (southeast Turkey) is the likely progenitor of cultivated einkorn varieties. Evidence from archeological excavations of early agricultural settlements nearby supports the conclusion that domestication of einkorn wheat began near the Karacadağ mountains.

M. Heun, Agricultural University of Norway, Department of Biotechnological Sciences, Postal Office Box 5040, 1432 As, Norway.
R. Schäfer-Pregl and F. Salamini, Max-Planck-Institut Züchtungsforschung, Carl-von-Linné-Weg 10, D-50829 Köln, Germany.
D. Klawan, University of Hamburg, Department of Psychology, von-Melle-Park 6, D-20146 Hamburg, Germany.
R. Castagna, M. Accerbi, B. Borghi, Istituto Sperimentale Cerealicoltura, Via Mulino 3, I-20079 Sant'Angelo Lodigiano (Milano), Italy.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: salamini{at}mpiz-koeln.mpg.de

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