Comparative analysis of genetic diversity in Prunus L. as revealed by RAPD and SSR markers

The shapes of individual dendrograms were compared with theoretical expectations based on the botanical pedigree of the analyzed genotypes. The best correspondence with theoretical expectations is clearly shown by the dendrogram developed on the basis of RAPD results. Permutation analysis was used to evaluate the impact of the number of evaluated RAPD fragments on the final shape of the dendrogram. According to the observed characteristics of the individual methods, some general principles and recommendations for their future application were formulated.