Genetic diversities in a priori defined populations of tetraploid wheats.

Bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) is included for comparison. Measures are based on 29 nucSSRs. Regions and countries are as follows: Southwest Asia (Turkey, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Iran, Iraq), Southeast Europe (Greece, Cyprus, Macedonia), Central Mediterranean (France, Italy, Malta, Croatia), Southwest Europe (Portugal, Spain), Northwest Africa (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) and Northeast Africa (Libya, Egypt).