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Each of the three genomes in hexaploid wheat controls the expression of a specific lectin in the embryo. The chromosomes which control their synthesis were determined using nullisomic-tetrasomic and inter-varietal chromosome substitution lines of ‘Chinese Spring’. All three wheat lectins were shown to be controlled by the homoeologous group 1 chromosomes. Using ditelosomic lines of ‘Chinese Spring’ the lectin genes could be localized on the long arms of chromosomes 1A and 1D. Inter-specific addition and substitution lines of Aegilops umbellulata chromosomes to ‘Chinese Spring’ indicated that chromosome 1U, which is homoeologous to the group 1 chromosomes of wheat, controls lectin synthesis.
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Stinissen, H.M., Peumans, W.J., Law, C.N. et al. Control of lectins in Triticum aestivum and Aegilops umbellulata by homoeologous group 1 chromosomes. Theoret. Appl. Genetics 67, 53–58 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00303922
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