Firenze University Press Caryologia www.fupress.com/caryologia International Journal of Cytology, Cytosystematics and Cytogenetics Population Genetic Studies in Ziziphus jujuba Mill.: Multiple Molecular Markers (ISSR, SRAP, Citation: F. Farahani, A. Sedighzade- gan, M. Sheidai, F. Koohdar (2019) ITS, Cp-DNA) Population Genetic Studies in Ziziphus jujuba Mill.: Multiple Molecular Markers (ISSR, SRAP, ITS, Cp-DNA). Caryolo- gia 72(4): 51-60. doi: 10.13128/caryo- Farah Farahani1, Atieh Sedighzadegan2, Masoud Sheidai2, Fahimeh logia-390 Koohdar2 Published: December 23, 2019 1 Department of Microbiology, Qom Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qom, Iran 2 Faculty of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran Copyright: © 2019 F. Farahani, A. *Corresponding authors:
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[email protected] reviewed article published by Firenze University Press (http://www.fupress. Abstract. Ziziphus jujuba (jujube) is an important horticultural crop with medicinal com/caryologia) and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons value. It is under cultivation in many areas of Iran and also grows as wild in several Attribution License, which permits geographical populations throughout the country. We have no information on genet- unrestricted use, distribution, and ic variability and population structure of this important plant species in our country. reproduction in any medium, provided Therefore, the aim of the present study was to perform genetic fingerprinting of 13 the original author and source are geographical populations of jujuba for the first time and provide data on population credited. genetic structure, admixture versus genetic fragmentation of this important crop.