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(C) Modern bread wheat, $Triticum 	ext{ } aestivum$, is a hexaploid species $(2n = 6x = 42)$.It originated from the hybridization of $Triticum 	ext{

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(C) Modern bread wheat, $Triticum 	ext{ } aestivum$, is a hexaploid species $(2n = 6x = 42)$.It originated from the hybridization of $Triticum 	ext{ } turgidum$ (tetraploid, $2n = 4x = 28$) and $Aegilops 	ext{ } tauschii$ (also known as $Triticum 	ext{ } squarrosa$, diploid, $2n = 2x = 14$).$Triticum 	ext{ } aestivum$ is the most widely cultivated wheat species globally and is the primary source of modern wheat varieties.

The hexaploid wheat species from which modern types of wheat have been developed:

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