Question

Select the correct statements about origin of the tetraploid and hexaploid wheat: 
• [A.] The tetraploid species Triticum turgidum is an allopolyploid. 
• [B.] The hexaploid species Triticum aestivum is an allopolyploid. 
• [C.] Triticum turgidum arose from a combination of Triticum monococcum and Triticum timopheevii genomes. 
• [D.] Triticum aestivum arose from a combination of Triticum turgidum and Aegilops tauschii genomes. 

• A. (A), (B) and (C) only.
• B. (A), (B) and (D) only.
• C. (A), (C) and (D) only.
• D. (B), (C) and (D) only.

Hint:

Keep the ancestral genome donors of cultivated wheat clear:
- A genome donor: Triticum monococcum
- B genome donor: Aegilops speltoides relative
- D genome donor: Aegilops tauschii

Answer 1

The Correct Option is B