GENETIC DIVERSITY OF AUSTRIAN PINE (PINUS NIGRA ARNOLD) POPULATIONS IN SERBIA REVEALED BY RAPD

摘要

The ability of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) to distinguish among populations of Austrianpine from Serbia was evaluated. Ten arbitrary 10mer primers employed in the analysis produced 113 fragments ofwhich 100 were polymorphic (88.5%). All populations had specific RAPD phenotypes. Certain rare and genotypespecific bands were identified which could be effectively used to distinguish the populations. Polymorphism in RAPDmarkers among P. nigra population was high and sufficient to distinguish each of the populations. The results obtainedsuggest that RAPD markers are valuable for the genetic diversity estimation in Pinus nigra and for the study of thedivergence among populations.