Applications of random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) in molecular ecology
- 1 May 1992
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Wiley in Molecular Ecology
- Vol. 1 (1), 55-63
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-294x.1992.tb00155.x
Abstract
Molecular genetic markers have been developed into powerful tools to analyse genetic relationships and genetic diversity. As an extension to the variety of existing techniques using polymorphic DNA markers, the Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique may be used in molecular ecology to determine taxonomic identity, assess kinship relationships, analyse mixed genome samples, and create specific probes. Main advantages of the RAPD technology include (i) suitability for work on anonymous genomes, (ii) applicability to problems where only limited quantities of DNA are available, (iii) efficiency and low expense.Keywords
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