It was suggested that the apparent effects of gliadins on dough quality should be attributed to the LMW glutenins due to the close linkage of the Gli-1 and Glu-3 loci.
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In wheat, omega-and gamma-gliadins are encoded by genes at the Gli-1 loci located on the short arms of group-1 chromosomes, while alpha-and beta-gliadin-encoding genes are located on the short arms of group-6 chromosomes.