Acipenser stellatus (stellate sturgeon) represents a sturgeon species of great importance for the scientific community and fishermen that has been intensively captured for decades. Besides of overfishing and poaching, their reproduction sites have been destroyed and their natural habitats were affected by pollution. In consequence, wild populations of stellate sturgeon have decreased dramatical...

in this study the genetic diversity of wild caspian trout (salmo trutta caspius) in the sardabroud and astara rivers was evaluated using d- loop region sequencing. for this purpose, 35 specimens of adult caspian brown trout were collected from these rivers in the mazandarn and gilan provinces in fall and winter 2011. approximately 3-5 g of soft and fresh fin tissue was isolated and fixed in eth...

mahaleb (prunus mahalab l.) is used as a rootstock for cherries in iran and many other countries. in this research, rapd markers were used to determine the genetic diversity among eight genotypes of mahaleb evaluated in two separate research grardens in karaj, iran. these genotypes are used as mother plants for seed production. totally 40 random primers were examined for pcr reactions on the te...

background: garlic is a valuable medicinal plant with variability in desirable morphological and physiological characteristics. the analysis of genetic diversity plays an important role in breeding programs. the rapd technique could be very effective in detecting genetic variation in garlic.  objective: the objective of the present work was to detect molecular polymorphism among iranian garlic ...

the genetic variation and population structure of narrow-clawed crayfish (astacus leptodactylus) was examined by means of polymerase chain reaction (pcr) restriction fragment length polymorphism (rflp) analysis of the cytochrome oxidase subunit i (coi) of mitochondrial dna. a total of 194 adult specimens were collected from seven sample sites including, two in the south caspian sea and one each...

of high-quality vegetable and industrial oil. 9 rapd primers, 6 aflp primer combinations and 12 agro-morphological traits were used to assess the genetic diversity of 20 accessions of saf flower representing global germplasm variability. jacquards’ similarity coef ficient were used to understanding the genetic relationships among ccessions, for aflp and rapd markers and euclidian similarity coe...

background & aim: german chamomile is one of the most important medicinal plants. so, assessment of genetic diversity and relationship among the traits are very essential in chamomile breeding programs. determination of the best indirect selection criteria for genetic improvement of essence percent and dry flower yield of german chamomile (matricaria chamomilla l.) populations was investiga...

chamomile is a medicinal plant with high economic value. in this research, 20 chamomile ecotypes collected from different regions of iran were evaluated for genetic and chemical diversity. dna was extracted by ctab and polymerase chain reaction was performed using 13 rapd markers. essential oils extraction was performed by water distillation using clevenger system. components of the essential o...