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In reply to the discussion: The Real Problem With Bread (It's Probably Not Gluten) [View all]yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)If the wheat belly doctor said that he is full of crap. First of all, it is durum wheat. Durham is a city in North Carolina. And durum wheat is a specific kind of tetraploid wheat used mostly for pasta production. Bread wheat is a type of hexaploid wheat. and yes, it is related to durum wheat. All of the different types of wheat can have dwarfing or semidwarfing genes incorporated into them and it does not suddenly make them "genetically unrelated" to the parent varieties. The wheat belly doctor appears to know very little about the genetics of wheat (or any other kind of plant genetics, for that matter).
Major cultivated species of wheat (Triticum)
Common Wheat or Bread wheat - (T. aestivum) A hexaploid species that is the
most widely cultivated in the world.
Durum - (T. durum) The only tetraploid form of wheat widely used today, and
the second most widely cultivated wheat today.
Einkorn - (T. monococcum) A diploid species with wild and cultivated variants.
One of the earliest cultivated, but rarely planted today.
Emmer - (T. dicoccon) A tetraploid species, cultivated in ancient times but no
longer in widespread use.
Spelt - (T. spelta) Another hexaploid species cultivated in limited quantities.
Kamut® or QK-77 - (T. polonicum or T. durum) A trademarked tetraploid
cultivar grown in small quantities that is extensively marketed. Originally from
the Middle East.
Much more here if interested....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxonomy_of_wheat