“…Several researchers have used successfully a variety of DNA markers to characterize the genetic diversity of melons such as isozymes (Staub et al, 1997;Akashi et al, 2002), restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLPs) (Zheng et al, 1999), random amplification of polymorphic DNAs (RAPDs) (Garcia et al, 1998;Stepansky et al, 1999;Mliki et al, 2001;Lo´pez-Sese et al, 2003;Staub et al, 2004;Sensoy et al, 2007;Tanaka et al, 2007, Nhi et al, 2010Soltani et al, 2010), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLPs) (Garcia-Mas et al, 2000, Yashiro et al, 2005, intersimple sequence repeat (ISSR) and simple-sequence repeat (SSR) (Katzir et al, 1996;Staub et al, 2000;Danin-Poleg et al, 2001;Lo´pez-Sese´ et al, 2002;Monforte et al, 2003;Nakata et al, 2005;Tzitzikas et al, 2009;Raghami et al, 2014;Trimech et al, 2015) using diverse germplasm from different locations worldwide. Of all classes of DNA based marker, SSR markers represented by the repeats of 1-6 nucleotide-long DNA motifs arranged in tandem, have been considered one of the most powerful Mendelian markers (Jarne and Lagoda, 1996) because of their high reproducibility, codominance inheritance, multi-allelic character, and extensive genome coverage (Powell et al, 1996).…”