| Range |
~8,000 years ago
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| Organism |
Bread wheat Triticum aestivum |
| Reference |
Brenchley et al., Analysis of the bread wheat genome using whole-genome shotgun sequencing. Nature. 2012 Nov 29 491(7426):705-10. doi: 10.1038/nature11650. p.705 left column top paragraphPubMed ID23192148
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| Primary Source |
Nesbitt, M. & Samuel, D. in Hulled Wheats (eds Padulosi, S.,Hammer, K. & Heller, J.) 41–100 (Proc. 1st Internat. Workshop Hulled Wheats, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, 1996). |
| Comments |
"With a global output of 681 million tonnes in 2011 (BNID 110563), bread wheat
accounts for 20% of the calories consumed by humans (BNID 110562) and is an
important source of protein, vitamins and minerals. It originated
from hybridization between cultivated tetraploid emmer wheat
(AABB, Triticum dicoccoides) and diploid goat grass (DD, Aegilops
tauschii) approximately 8,000 years ago (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
110564 |