AU - daneshvar, zahra AU - saeidi, abbas AU - Beyrami Zadeh, ebrahim TI - Comparison of the Performance of SCoT and RAPD Markers for Study of Genetic Diversity and Relationships of Anthurium (Anthurium andreanum) Cultivars PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE TA - jcb JN - jcb VO - 10 VI - 28 IP - 28 4099 - http://jcb.sanru.ac.ir/article-1-775-en.html 4100 - http://jcb.sanru.ac.ir/article-1-775-en.pdf SO - jcb 28 ABĀ  - Survey of genetic diversity is essential for breeding program. The genetic diversity of A. andreanum, 10 cultivars were analyzed using seven Start Codon Targeted (SCoT) and 40 RAPD markers in which 22 RAPD markers and all of SCoT marker produced polymorphic bands. Matrix genetic distance ranged from 0.01 to 0.37 for RAPD and from 0.02 to 0.52 for SCoT marker analysis. Polymorphism percentage generated by SCoT markers (100%) was similar to RAPD markers. In order to determine genetic relationships, cluster analysis was performed using Neighbor-joining with Splits tree software. Cluster analysis for RAPD and SCoT markers revealed that cultivars were grouped in three clusters. Results from the present study revealed the superiority of SCoT over RAPD markers due to their high resolution and high variability in detection of genomic information. This is the first report of using SCoT marker for genetic diversity analysis in anthorium. Overall, results showed that these markers provide useful information to protect A. andreanum germplasm resources and also useful for breeding programs. CP - IRAN IN - LG - eng PB - jcb PG - 101 PT - Research YR - 2018