Table 1.

Comparing some salient characteristics of major molecular marker techniques.

Marker	PCR-Based	Mode of inheritance	Locus specificity	Level of polymorphism	Reproducibility
RFLP	No	Co-dominant	Yes	Low-Medium	High
RAPD	Yes	Dominant	No	Medium-High	Low
SCAR	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High
AFLP	Yes	Dominant	No	High	Medium
SSR	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High
ISSR	Yes	Dominant	Yes	High	Medium
CpSSR	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	Low	High
SAMPL	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High
SRAP	Yes	Dominant	No	Medium-High	Low
SSCP	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High
CAPS	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High
SNP	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	Extremely High	High
DArT	No	Dominant	Yes	High	High
EST	Yes	Dominant	Yes	High	High
STS	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High
RAMP	Yes	Co-dominant	Yes	High	High

Nadeem et al. (2018); IAEA, VIENNA, 2002.