The objective of this study was to characterize and determine the genetic
variation among twelve cultivars and four rootstocks, belonging to Amygdalus
genus in Syria using the simple sequence repeats (SSRs) marker. It was found
that 154 alleles we
re identified by using 26 primer pairs, and the proportion of
the specific ones was 30.52%. In addition, it was revealed that all the studied
SSR loci produced polymorphic alleles. The average of PIC, He and Ho were
0.58, 0.61, 0.31, respectively.
Ephedra is a dioecious, drought- and frost-resistant, perennial, evergreen shrub
with high medicinal value due to its content of ephedrine alkaloids. It became quite clear throughout
referential studies that this significant medical plant which is spontaneously widespread in Syria and there
have been an increased international demand on it hasn’t been studied yet.
