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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Genetic characterization of cultivated bananas and plantains in Kenya by RAPD markers
Scientia Horticulturae, Volume 99, No. 1, Year 2004
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Description
A polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based approach, namely, random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) was used to estimate the genetic relationships among 20 selected banana cultivars from different regions of Kenya. Nineteen random primers were used. The polymorphisms in PCR amplification products were subjected to the unweighted pair group method for arithmetic averages (UPGMA) and plotted in a phenogram. The dendogram constructed from the similarity data showed that all the 20 cultivars analysed were related. The highly related cultivars included Ng'ombe, Nusu Ng'ombe, Ntobe, Sialamule, Kimuga, Kibuzi, Sibusi, Bukamba, Mfupi and Gitigi whose genome was AAA. The cultivars Manyatta, Mokoya, Murure and Horn plantain whose genome was AAB were less similar while Pekera, Muraru, Spambia, Matumbo, Nyar Sausett and Mtama formed the least related group. © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Authors & Co-Authors
Onguso, Justus Mongare
Kenya, Nairobi
Jkuat
Japan, Matsuyama
Ehime University
Kahangi, Esther Murugi
Kenya, Nairobi
Jkuat
Ndiritu, D. W.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenyatta University
Mizutani, Fusao
Japan, Matsuyama
Ehime University
Statistics
Citations: 52
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/S0304-4238(03)00082-7
ISSN:
03044238
Research Areas
Genetics And Genomics
Study Locations
Kenya