Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 10, 1096-1111, Copyright © 1993 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
AG Clark and CM Lanigan
The technique of random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD), which is
simply polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of genomic DNA by a
single short oligonucleotide primer, produces complex patterns of anonymous
polymorphic DNA fragments. The information provided by these banding
patterns has proved to be of great utility for mapping and for verification
of identity of bacterial strains. Here we consider whether the degree of
similarity of the banding patterns can be used to estimate nucleotide
diversity and nucleotide divergence. With haploid data, fragments generated
by RAPD-PCR can be treated in a fashion very similar to that for
restriction-fragment data. Amplification of diploid samples, on the other
hand, requires consideration of the fact that presence of a band is
dominant to absence of the band. After describing a method for estimating
nucleotide divergence on the basis of diploid samples, we summarize the
restrictions and criteria that must be met when RAPD data are used for
estimating population genetic parameters.
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Prospects for estimating nucleotide divergence with RAPDs
Department of Biology, Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802.
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