“…SSR markers have thus been widely used for evaluation of genetic diversity and genetic relatedness in apple germplasm collections (Guarino et al, 2006;Pereira-Lorenzo et al, 2007;Garkava-Gustavsson et al, 2008;Farrokhi et al, 2011;Lacis et al, 2011;Naseri et al, 2011;Patzak et al, 2012).…”