Identification of Genetic Divergence in Some Bread Wheat Varieties By Rapd and Issr Analyses.

The objective of this study was to determine genetic distance between some wheat varieties based on RAPD and ISSR analyses. The number of amplified bands of genotypes in the primers ranged 3-10 in RAPD and 6-12 in ISSR. The most polymorphic bands in primer/primer combinations were obtained from OPBA-03, OPL-15 and OPY-13 in RAPD, from UBC810 in ISSR. Varieties were classified about in three groups based on the dendogram results. Yunus and Altay-2000, Nacibey and Sultan-95, Harmankaya and Soyer were found to be close related varieties, whereas distant-related varieties were Alpu-01 and Nacibey. RAPD and ISSR are efficiently used to evaluate genetic variation, to determine genetic diversities and improvement and development of novel varieties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]