“…In fact, various types of molecular markers have been widely used to distinguish between olive varieties, determine cultivars origin and to study the genetic diversity (De Caraffa et al, 2002;Rao Durgac et al, 2010;Rekik et al, 2008). Among these molecular markers, Microsatellites are one of the most used for olive genotyping and cultivars discrimination (Diaz et al, 2006Sarri et al, 2006Baldoni et al, 2009;Bracci et al, 2009;Erre et al, 2010;Díez et al, 2011;Fendrin et al, 2014;Linos et al, 2014). Moreover, SSR markers are suited to distinguish closely related genotypes because of their high degree of variability and multi-allelic states.…”