THE UTILITY OF RAPD MARKERS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF GENETIC-VARIATION IN OIL PALM (ELAEIS-GUINEENSIS)

Authors
SHAH FH RASHID O SIMONS AJ DUNSDON A
Citation
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
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Genetics & Heredity
Journal title
Theoretical and Applied Genetics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00405752
Volume
89
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
713 - 718
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-5752(1994)89:6<713:TUORMF>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
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.