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number of cases. Of these, T. monococcum, has the fewest 

 chromosomes, viz., 14 (n=7). It belongs to the Einkorn 

 group and can be traced back, according to Percival 



b 



f 





Fig. 88. 



Reduced number of chromosomes of diploid, tetraploid, and hexa- 

 ploid wheats. (After Kihara.) 



