Wheat Chromosomes
Modern wheat has 42 chromosomes, while traditional wheat has 14 chromosomes. The chromosome count difference between modern and traditional wheat is comparable in scale to the human chromosome count of 46. The 42 chromosomes of modern whea…
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Modern wheat has 42 chromosomes, while traditional wheat has 14 chromosomes. The chromosome count difference between modern and traditional wheat is comparable in scale to the human chromosome count of 46. The 42 chromosomes of modern wheat represent three complete sets of the original 14-chromosome wheat structure. The triplication of chromosome sets in modern wheat creates substantially more potential for genetic variation than in traditional wheat.