African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12487

Short Communication

Genetic comparisons of Egyptian date palm cultivars (Phoenix dactylifera L.) by RAPD-PCR

Said Saad Soliman1, Bahy Ahmed  Ali2*, Mohamed Morsy Mohamed Ahmed2
  1National Research Center (NRC) Dokki, Cairo, Egypt. 2Nucleic Acid Research Dept., Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology Research Institute (GEBRI), Mubarak City For Scientific Research & technology Applications, Alexandria, Egypt.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 25 March 2003
  •  Published: 30 April 2003

Abstract

 

Random amplified polymorphic DNA technique was used to compare genetic material from four females date palm and four unknown male trees of Egyptian date palm. The genetic similarity between the four females date palm (Zaghloul, Amhat, Samany and Siwi) ranged from 87.5 to 98.9%. The banding profiles obtained suggested that both males 3 and 4 are genetically related to the four female cultivars.

 

Key words: Date palm, cultivars, RAPD-PCR, genetic similarity.  

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