SUMMARY A chromosome‐specific painting technique has been developed which
combines the most recent approaches of the companion disciplines of molecular …

Key message Chromosome-specific painting probes were developed to identify the
individual chromosomes from 1 to 7E in Thinopyrum species and detect alien genetic …

The problems associated with characteristics of the organization and evolution of the ITS1–
5.8 S rDNA–ITS2 region of 35S rRNA genes in the plant genome are discussed. It was …

This open access book covers a century of research on wheat genetics and evolution,
starting with the discovery in 1918 of the accurate number of chromosomes in wheat. We re …

Fluorescence in situ hybridization karyotypes have been widely used for evolutionary
analysis on chromosome organization and genetic/genomic diversity in the wheat alliance …

Evolution of polyploid Aegilops species constituting complex Crassa was studied using C-
banding and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with ten DNA probes. Genetic …

Abstract Barley, rye, Aegilops and Thinopyrum (syn. Agropyron) species belonging to the
Triticeae tribe have large genetic diversity and serve as a valuable genetic reservoir for …

Thinopyrum elongatum is an important gene pool for wheat genetic improvement. However,
the origins of the Thinopyrum genomes and the nature of the genus' intraspecific …

Aegilops uniaristata has many agronomically useful traits that can be used for wheat
breeding. So far, a Triticum turgidum–Ae. uniaristata amphiploid and one set of Chinese …

This chapter discusses the classification of the genus Aegilops, and presents a detailed
description of its sections and species. It shows the morphology, geographical distribution …