GENETIC-POLYMORPHISM IN BARLEY DETECTED B Y PCR WITH ARBITRARY PRIMERS

Genetics and breeding studies require effective methods for polymorphi sm analysis that allow one to classify varieties and to determine phyl ogenetic interactions between plant species. A Variant of the polymera se chain reaction for DNA amplification with arbitrary primers (RAPD) was used to determine genetic distances between Hordeum vulgare variet ies and to integrate of the varieties into groups. The dendrogram of r elations between species from the genus Hordeum and species of some cu ltivated cereals was constructed on the basis of RAPD analysis.