Table 2.

AFLP bands obtained for the seven banana cultivars using 12-primer combinations

No.	Primer combination		ntotal	np	nm	Polymorphism (%)
	EcoRI	MseI
1	AAC	CAA	60	55	5	91.6
2	AAG	CAC	91	84	7	92.3
3	ACA	CAG	87	80	7	91.9
4	ACC	CAT	93	84	9	90.3
5	ACG	CTA	85	79	6	92.9
6	ACT	CTC	116	109	7	93.9
7	ACT	CAT	87	79	8	90.8
8	ACA	CAA	91	84	7	92.3
9	AAC	CAG	77	71	6	92.2
10	ACC	CTT	98	93	5	94.8
11	ACA	CTG	124	111	13	89.5
12	ACT	CAC	85	83	2	97.6
Total for all primers			1094	1012	82	92.5

n _total: total number of bands; n _p: number of polymorphic bands; n _m: number of monomorphic bands