Assessment and characterization of genetic diversity in withania somnifera (L.) dunal using RAPD and AFLP markers

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 66, 2011, Pages 14746-14756

  Mir, Bilal Ahmad ^a   Koul, Sushma ^a   Kumar, Arun ^a   Kaul, M K ^a   Soodan, A S ^b   Raina, S N ^c  

^a CSIR INDIAN INSTITUTE OF INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE   (India)

^b GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

AFLP; Genetic diversity; Polymorphism; RAPD; Shannon index; Withania somnifera

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; MOLECULAR MARKER;

AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP IMPROVEMENT; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC PARAMETERS; GENETIC RESOURCE; GENETIC SIMILARITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMPLASM; INDIA; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRAIT; NONHUMAN; PLANT BREEDING; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT MORPHOLOGY; POLYMORPHIC LOCUS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SHANNON INDEX; SPECIES CULTIVATION; WILD TYPE; WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

WITHANIA SOMNIFERA;

EID: 80055074144     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJB09.980     Document Type: Article

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