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The highly effective stripe rust resistance gene, Yr15, derived from Triticum dicoccoides, was located in chromosome 1BS. Yr15 showed linkage of 0.30 (34 cM) with Yr10 and 0.07 with the centromere. Yr15 was preferentially transmitted relative to its alternate allele.
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McIntosh, R.A., Silk, J. & The, T.T. Cytogenetic studies in wheat XVII. Monosomic analysis and linkage relationships of gene Yr15 for resistance to stripe rust. Euphytica 89, 395–399 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00022298
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