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
Karacada 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 Karacada mountains.
From Science[5341]:1312