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maintenance <strong>of</strong> DNA extradion<br />
procedures and PCR conditions should minimue<br />
concems about repeatability <strong>of</strong> RAPD markers.<br />
<strong>The</strong> advantages <strong>of</strong> using RAPD markers have ben shown in the identification <strong>of</strong><br />
useful genetic markers and esümating genetic relationships or diversity in several crop<br />
species. RAPD markers are dominant and therefore deted less polyrnorphism per<br />
locus than RFLPs. only two versus multiple alleles in RFLP. but they also do not require<br />
as much DNA and time as RFLP assays. This has led <strong>to</strong> suggestions that RAPD<br />
analysis be used in mapping cultivar genomes. such as rice. where the wide<br />
hybridizations required <strong>to</strong> produce enough polymorphisrn for RFLP analysis <strong>of</strong>ten result<br />
in sterility or poor growth (Mackill, 1995). Williams et al. (1990) also showed that RAPD<br />
markers could saturate the soybean map by flling in areas not detected with RFLP<br />
analysis. RAPD marken linked <strong>to</strong> specific traits can serve as an alternative <strong>to</strong><br />
morphological markers, allowing eariier selection for disease resistance in rice varieties<br />
(Naqvi, et al., 1995) and for outcrossed tetraploid alfalfa plants (Gjuric and Smith.<br />
1996).<br />
RAPD markers have also been used <strong>to</strong> distinguish genetic relationships among<br />
cultivars in B. napus (Mailer et al., 1994). pea (Bagheri et al.. 1995) and pota<strong>to</strong><br />
(Demeke et al., 1996) and between species in Brassica (Demeke et al., 1992) . Similar<br />
genetic relationships using RAPD and RFLP analysis have been reported in B. napus<br />
breeding lines (Hallden et al.. 1994) and B. oleracea genotypes (dos San<strong>to</strong>s et al.,<br />
1994). <strong>The</strong>se studies came after reports that RAPD markers were not as reliable as<br />
RFLP in detecting genetic relationships between cniciferous species (Thormann et al.,