“…Early studies investigating genetic diversity in the genus (wild and domesticated species) used protein-or allozymebased molecular markers (Loaiza-Figueroa et al, 1989;Panda et al, 1986). These were subsequently replaced by DNA-based molecular markers such as restriction fragment length polymorphism [RFLP (Lefebvre et al, 1993;Prince et al, 1995)], RAPD Bosland, 2002, 2004;Buso et al, 2003;Kang et al, 1997;Prince et al, 1995;Rodriguez et al, 1999;Votava and Bosland, 2001;Votava et al, 2005), and amplified fragment length polymorphism [AFLP (Guzmán et al, 2005;Lanteri et al, 2003;Paran et al, 1998;Toquica et al, 2003)].…”