Fh. Shah et al., THE UTILITY OF RAPD MARKERS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GENETIC-VARIATION IN OIL PALM (ELAEIS-GUINEENSIS), Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 89(6), 1994, pp. 713-718
The genetic variation among different accessions of oil-palm germplasm
collected from Africa was estimated using random primers and the poly
merase chain reaction. The present study revealed high levels of genet
ic variation in these accessions. Electrophoresis of the amplification
products indicated that nine out of 20 primers were able to generate
polymorphic products ranging in length from 0.2 kb to 2.3 kb. No indiv
idual palm or population-specific products were observed. Greatest div
ersity was seen in Zaire population 5 and the least in Zaire populatio
n 2.