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Molecular characterization of five Ocimum basilium cultivars using RAPD markers

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Zahraa Hammoodi Hussein AL-Shujairi and Attyaf Jameel Thamir
» doi: 10.48047/ecb/2023.12.8.543

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Current ivestigation was accomplished at biology department/faculty of science/kufa university during 2021-2022 to asses geneticvariation among five Ocimum basilicum L. cultivars 1-Iranian (green) 2- Iranian(red) 3-Eygptian (green) 4-Local (green) 5-Turkish (red) with diverse geographical origin usin ten RAPD markers.results showed that RAPD markers were effective in generating polymorphism in basile germplasm reached to 85.7% by primer OPD-13 and givingunique fingerprint to all cultivars by primers OPA-03 and OPC-09. Phyllogenetic tree and genetic distance for studied cultivars are not stronglly related to cultivar origin or morphology

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