Integration of dinucleotite microsatellites from hexaploid bread wheat into a genetic linkage map of durum wheat

Seventy nine microsatellite markers from hexaploid bread wheat (T. aestivum L.) were integrated into a genetic linkage map of durum wheat (T. turgidum ssp. durum (Desf.) Huns.) created by RFLP segregation data from a population of 65 recombinant inbred lines. The results indicate a relatively even distribution of microsatellite loci and demonstrate that microsatellite markers from hexaploid wheat provide an excellent source of molecular markers for use in the genetics and breeding of durum wheat

Dietary iodine intake in residents of northwestern regions of Ukraine contaminated by the Chernobyl accident

mdash;: Daily iodine intake in Ukrainian subjects of northwestern regions was estimated in relation to the health effects on inhabitants after the Chernobyl accident. Total diets were colleted from 106 locations for children and adult males by a duplicate portion study. Iodine was rapidly determined by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry after chemical separation. Iodine concentration on a dry basis for Ukrainians was 0.11 [mu]g g-1 and the daily iodine intake was in the range of 2.80-372 [mu]g per person. The median, geometric mean, and standard deviation were 28.1, 32.7, and 2.51 [mu]g, respectively. The yearly trend of the intake had almost no change. Regional differences would be expected to exist among the 10 areas of the Ukraine, but no clear differences appeared in the present findings. Daily iodine intake in Ukrainians was lower than the recommended dietary intake (RDI) allowance (150 [mu]g), and its lack would be related to the high prevalence of goiter in the country