RAPD ANALYSIS OF GENETIC VARIATION WITHIN AND AMONG NATURAL POPULATIONS OF TWO SPECIES OF DIANTHUS L. (CARYOPHYLLACEAE) IN NE IRAN

ls genetic diversity (h), as well as Shannon index (I), were assessed. A dendrogram based on UPGMA segregated examined populations into two main clusters matching the two species and the two subspecies of Dianthus polylepis subsp. polylepis and D. polylepis subsp. D. binaludensis were to each other. AMOVA showed 82% and 18% of the variation within and among populations respectively. Furthermore, principal coordinate analysis (PCA) based on a...