This experiment was conducted to evaluate genetic variation in 48 rice accessions (Oryza sativa L.) using AFLP and RAPD markers. For AFLP, a total of 928 bands were generated with 11 primer combinations and 327 bands (35.2%) of them were polymorphic among 48 accessions. In RAPD analyses using 22 random primers 145 bands were produced, and 121 (83.4%) were polymorphic among 48 accessions. Each accession revealed a distinct fingerprint by two DNA marker systems. Cluster analysis using AFLP-based genetic similarity tended to classify rice cultivars into different groups corresponding to their varietal types and breeding pedigrees, but not using RAPD-based genetic similarity. The AFLP marker system was more sensitive than RAPD in fingerprinting of rice cultivars with narrow genetic diversity.

Fifty-nine Korean soybean (Glycine max L. Merr.) landrace accessions were tested for genotype fingerprinting, differentiation and association between morphological traits and SSR profile. Using 8 SSR loci, 59 varieties were divided into 55 groups, and only 4 pairs of varieties were not uniquely identified. The resolving power of SSR for soybean genotyping was much higher than that of the morphological traits that were studied. Identification efficiency also differed among SSR loci. Those loci with higher numbers of alleles distinguished varieties more effectively. Genetic differentiation values of the soybean landraces varied from 0.57 to 0.82 with a mean of 0.68. The number of alleles detected by the 8 loci ranged from 3 to 8. and the effective number of alleles ranged from 2.3 to 5.1. In a study of the association of SSR alleles with morphological traits, some alleles seemed to be related with some specific morphological traits. Comparison of two kinds of dendrograms which were derived from SSR markers and quantitative traits indicated that the dendrograms were not consistent. Considering the correlation between single SSR locus and qualitative traits governed by major genes, the data suggest that alleles of microsatellite loci be more closely related to some traits determined by major genes than those determined by minor genes.

유용 취나물 5종류의 종간 유사도 및 종내 변이를 파악하기 위하여 38개체를 대상으로 PCR 방법을 이용하여 비교분석하였다. 사용된 62가지 primer 중에서 38개체 전체에서 band를 보여준 것은 10가지였고, 이를 통해 얻어진 총 band의 수는 176개로 나타났다. 종내변이는 청옥취가 31.1%에 해당하는 15개의 polymorphic band를 가져 변이가 가장 낮았으며 곰취는 61.1%로 가장 높게 나타났다. 군집분석 결과 조사된 38개체는 유사도 0.93에서 5종의 구분이 가능하였으며 38개체 각각은 유사도 0.62-0.99의 유사성을 갖는 것으로 나타났고 종내변이는 0.93이상으로 높게 나타나 변이가 적은 것으로 나타났다. 이상의 결과에서 PCR방법을 이용한 결과가 취나물 5종류를 구분하는데 유용하게 사용되었으며 군집분석 결과 종내 변이가 매우 낮은 것으로 나타났다.