Waxy genes from spelt wheat: New alleles for modern wheat breeding and new phylogenetic inferences about the origin of this species

Annals of Botany

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1161-1171

  Guzmán, Carlos ^a   Caballero, Leonor ^a   Martín, Luis M ^a   Alvarez, Juan B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

Author keywords

molecular characterization; phylogeny; spelt origin; Triticum aestivum ssp. spelta; waxy genes; Wheat

Indexed keywords

STARCH SYNTHASE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; WAXY PROTEIN, PLANT;

ALLELE; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PLANT BREEDING; PROTEIN; SOFTWARE; STARCH; WHEAT;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHEAT;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BREEDING; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLANT PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STARCH SYNTHASE; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM SUBSP. SPELTA; TRITICUM DICOCCON;

EID: 84868028514     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: 10958290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aob/mcs201     Document Type: Article

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