The objective of this study was to evaluate the genetic variability among 29 accessions of peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) by means of random molecular markers (random amplified polimorphic DNA - RAPD). The molecular assay was performed with 31 primers, of which 12 (39%) revealed polymorphism. It was observed a total of 145 amplified fragments, of which 35 (24%) were polymorphic, with an average of 4.67 fragments by primer and 1.13 polymorphic fragment by primer. It was observed through the dendrogram that the accessions were separated into two groups with 89% of similarity. This distribution shows the variability among the accessions of the different botanical varieties, since the accessions of subspecie fastigiata are present in two principal groups, and the accessions of subspecie hypogaea are distributed in subgroups A and B from dendrogram group II.
Arachis hypogaea; genetic diversity; molecular markers; RAPD
