Table of Contents

1 Domestication of Wheats.- 2 Wild Emmer, Triticum dicoccoides, Wheat Progenitor: Origin and Evolution.- 3 Centers of Origin and Diversity of Wild Ancestors and Crop Improvement.- 4 Macrogeographic Population Genetic Studies of Triticum dicoccoides in the Fertile Crescent, Israel and Turkey: Allozyme and DNA Polymorphisms.- 5 Microgeographic Studies of Allozyme and DNA Polymorphisms in Triticum dicoccoides.- 6 Genetic Variation in Agronomic Traits.- 7 Genome Structure of Triticum dicoccoides.- 8 Genetic Mapping of Agronomically Important Traits.- 9 Molecular Evolution and Ecological Stress in Wild Emmer Wheat at Regional and Local Scales: Natural Selection in Action.- 10 Conclusions and Prospects.- References.