Genetic fingerprinting of Ziziphus jujuba by using SCoT and REMAP molecular markers

Abstract Jujube is both consumed as a food source and medicinal plant in local markets. It is expected that different geographical populations of Ziziphus jujuba , differ in their genetic content as they grow in different ecological conditions. It is important to have detailed information on population genetic structure and the available genetic variability to make a proper germplasm collection of jujube. We have no data on jujube populations of Iran based on SCoT and REMAP molecular markers, and therefore we planned a population genetic study of these trees in 10 geographical areas. We used SCoT and REMAP molecular markers for our genetic investigation. We found the loci with a high value of Gst (1.00) in SCoT and REMAP markers that can be used in fingerprinting of jujube.