Table 2.

Summary of molecular biology-based research performed on jojoba (Simmondsia chinensis)

Molecular techniques	Targets	References
RAPD	Genetic variability	[69]
RAPD	Gender differentiation	[53]
ISSR	Gender marker-assisted selections	[70]
RAPD, ISSR	Genetic relationship among and between gender	[71]
RAPD, ISSR	Assessment of ISSR and RAPD marker assays for genetic diversity analysis	[21]
Touch-down PCR assay	Gender diagnostic	[73]
RAPD, ISSR	Clone maintenance	[72]
AFLP	Gender-linked AFLP markers	[74]
CAPS	Early gender differentiation	[52]
RAPD	In vitro and in vivo gender differentiation	[75]
ISSR	Genetic variation and chemical traits of selected plants	[76, 77]
ISSR, SCAR	Early gender differentiation	[6]
ISSR	Male-specific sequence tagged sites marker	[78]
ISSR	Male-specific sequence tagged sites marker	[79]
SCoT, CBDP	Gender genetic diversity	[54]
RAPD, GC–MS technique	Validation of different jojoba accessions for commercial applications	[80]
Gel based proteomics coupled with real time-PCR	Protein-based biomarker	[82]