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Mohan et al. 1997). Usually <strong>between</strong> 50 <strong>and</strong> 100 b<strong>and</strong>s per individual are obtained (Vos<br />

et al. 1995 <strong>and</strong> Staub <strong>and</strong> Serquen 1996). Enzyme pairs may be changed in experiments<br />

but the cutting patterns should be appropriate to the method. Some examples <strong>of</strong> these<br />

pairs are: EcoR I – Mse I, Pst I - Mse I, EcoR I – Taq I <strong>and</strong> HindIII - EcoR I (Mace et<br />

al. 1999 <strong>and</strong> WEB_6 2007). In this thesis study, specifically, EcoR I – Mse I restriction<br />

enzyme pairs were used. They have 6 bp <strong>and</strong> 4 bp recognition sites, respectively<br />

(Gr<strong>and</strong>illo <strong>and</strong> Fulton 2002 <strong>and</strong> Invitrogen 2003). The next step <strong>of</strong> the protocol is<br />

related with these restriction sites. Small DNA pieces (adapters) specific for each<br />

restricted enzyme site are bound to the template DNA (Vos et al. 1995, Jones et al. 1997<br />

<strong>and</strong> Ranade 2003). The template DNA plus adapter provides the binding sites for<br />

primers (Vos et al. 1995 <strong>and</strong> Jones et al. 1997). There are two PCR amplification steps<br />

in the protocol. These are called pre-selective <strong>and</strong> selective amplifications (Vos et al.<br />

1995 <strong>and</strong> Invitrogen 2003). While pre-selective amplifications’ primers have one extra<br />

nucleotide, selective amplification primers have two or three extra bases which may be<br />

selected differently (Vos et al. 1995, Mohan et al. 1997 <strong>and</strong> Salamini et al. 2004). These<br />

bases are responsible for selectivity <strong>and</strong> are used to increase specificity <strong>and</strong> decrease or<br />

increase number <strong>of</strong> b<strong>and</strong>s (Vos et al. 1995 <strong>and</strong> Invitrogen 2003). The number <strong>of</strong> b<strong>and</strong>s<br />

obtained from the AFLP technique is related with genome size <strong>and</strong> number <strong>of</strong> C <strong>and</strong> G<br />

bases in the extra nucleotides (Vos et al. 1995 <strong>and</strong> Invitrogen 2003). The last step is the<br />

running <strong>of</strong> samples on polyacrylamide gels <strong>and</strong> visualization <strong>of</strong> b<strong>and</strong>s with either<br />

autoradiography or fluorescent detection (Vos et al. 1995 <strong>and</strong> Ranade 2003).<br />

AFLP is a dominant type <strong>of</strong> marker (Henry 1999 <strong>and</strong> Ranade 2003). However, a<br />

large number <strong>of</strong> fragments <strong>and</strong> relatively high polymorphism make the technique<br />

favorable in molecular investigations (Vos et al. 1995, Staub <strong>and</strong> Serquen 1996, <strong>and</strong><br />

Ranade 2003). Also, no prior sequence knowledge is needed for application <strong>of</strong> AFLP<br />

(Gr<strong>and</strong>illo <strong>and</strong> Fulton 2002). Thus, it is a preferred method especially for taxonomic<br />

<strong>and</strong> mapping studies (Mohan et al. 1997 <strong>and</strong> Ranade 2003). Although it is a r<strong>and</strong>om<br />

process, selective amplifications increase the specificity (Vos et al. 1995 <strong>and</strong> Ranade<br />

2003). The results are also reproducible (Mohan et al. 1997 <strong>and</strong> Henry 1999).<br />

Disadvantages are generally due to high expenses which are related with the detection<br />

steps (Staub <strong>and</strong> Serquen 1996 <strong>and</strong> Mohan et al. 1997). Automation is applicable,<br />

though, it is in fact another reason causing increase in expenses (Staub <strong>and</strong> Serquen<br />

1996, Mohan et al. 1997 <strong>and</strong> Ranade 2003).<br />

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