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Evolution of Wild Emmer and Wheat Improvement

Population Genetics, Genetic Resources, and Genome Organization of Wheat’s Progenitor, Triticum dicoccoides

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  1. Eviatar Nevo

    1. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  2. Abraham B. Korol

    1. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  3. Avigdor Beiles

    1. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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  4. Tzion Fahima

    1. Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXII
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  2. Origin and Evolution of Wheat

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Domestication of Wheats

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 3-10

    3. Wild Emmer, Triticum dicoccoides,Wheat Progenitor: Origin and Evolution

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 11-17

    4. Centers of Origin and Diversity of Wild Ancestors and Crop Improvement

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 19-22

  3. Population Genetics of Wild Emmer Wheat

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
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    2. Macrogeographic Population Genetic Studies of Triticum dicoccoides in the Fertile Crescent, Israel and Turkey: Allozyme and DNA Polymorphisms

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 25-73

    3. Microgeographic Studies of Allozyme and Dna Polymorphisms in Triticum dicoccoides

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 75-176

  4. Genetic Resources of Wild Emmer for Wheat Improvement

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Genetic Variation in Agronomic Traits

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 179-237

  5. Genome Organization and Genetic Mapping

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 239-239
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    2. Genome Structure of Triticum dicoccoides

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 241-271

    3. Genetic Mapping of Agronomically Important Traits

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 273-295

    4. Molecular Evolution and Ecological Stress in Wild Emmer Wheat at Regional and Local Scales: Natural Selection in Action

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 297-316

  6. Conclusions and Prospects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 317-317
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    2. Conclusions and Prospects

      • Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima
      Pages 319-322

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 323-364
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About this book

This book is about the contribution to evolutionary theory and agricultural technology of one of humankind's most dramatic imitations of the evolu­ tionary process, namely crop domestication, as exemplified by the progenitor of wheat, Triticum dicoccoides. This species is a major model organism and it has been studied at the Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, since 1979. The domestication by humans of wild plants to cultivated ones during the last ten millennia is one of the best demonstrations of evolution. It is a process that has been condensed in time and advanced by artificial rather than natural selection. Plant and animal domestication revolutionized human cultural evolution and is the major factor underlying human civilization. A post-Pleistocene global rise in temperature following the ice age, i.e., climatic-environmental factors, may have induced the expansion of econom­ ically important thermophilous plants and in turn promoted complex forag­ ing and plant cultivation. The shift from foraging to steady production led to an incipient agriculture varying in time in various part of the world. In the Levant, agriculture developed out of an intensive specialized exploitation of plants and animals. Natufian sedentism, followed by rapid population growth and resource stress, induced by the expanding desert, coupled with available grinding technology, may have triggered plant domestication.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Evolution, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Evolution of Wild Emmer and Wheat Improvement

  • Book Subtitle: Population Genetics, Genetic Resources, and Genome Organization of Wheat’s Progenitor, Triticum dicoccoides

  • Authors: Eviatar Nevo, Abraham B. Korol, Avigdor Beiles, Tzion Fahima

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07140-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2002

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-41750-7Published: 29 January 2002

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07512-4Published: 30 November 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-07140-3Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 364

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations, 25 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Plant Sciences, Ecology

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