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M. Smolik, D. Jadczak, A. Główczyk 68 Assessment of morphological and genetic variability in chosen Nepeta accessions Miłosz Smolik1*, Dorota Jadczak2, Aleksandra Główczyk1 Department of Horticultural Plant Breeding Department of Vegetable Crops Agricultural University Janosika 8 71-424 Szczecin, Poland 1 2 *corresponding author: phone: +4891 4220851 ext. 356, fax: +4891 4232417, e-mail: [email protected] Summary The aim of this study was to determine the morphological and genetic variability of four Nepeta genotypes: N. cataria var. citriodora, N. × faassenii, N. mussinii, and N. nuda from the Collection of Medical Plants in Dołuje, Vegetable Faculty, Agricultural University of Szczecin, Poland. Morphological variation among the examined catnip forms was determined using biometric measurements which included the plants height, the width of a leaf pair, the length and width of a leaf blade, the length of an inflorescence, the weights of fresh and dried green parts and the essential oils content. The DNA polymorphism within microsatellite sequences was determined using the ISSR-PCR technique. The conducted biometric measurements proved that the examined Nepeta plants differed significantly in all analysed features. Twenty microsatellite primers were used in ISSR reactions; clear products were generated in reactions with six of them. In general, 72 loci were amplified (110 amplicons); five of them (7%) turned out to be monomorphic, 20 (28%) polymorphic and 47 (65%) were specific for the examined accessions. Unique loci were amplified for each examined Nepeta genotype. A phylogenetic tree was constructed on the basis of a UPGMA cluster algorithm. It consisted of one similarity group ‘a’, in which N. × faassenii, N. mussinii and N. nuda were included. Key words: Nepeta sp., phenetic variability, genetic variability, ISSR markers Assessment of morphological and genetic variability in chosen Nepeta accessions 69 Introduction The Nepeta (catnip) genus includes over 200 species of perrenial plants and some annuals [1]. They contain, depending on the species, up to 1% of essential oil as well as nepetalactone, iridoid, bitter principles, tannins and minerals. Nepeta essential oil is mainly composed of citral, citronellal, geraniol, carvacol, nepetol, thymol, pulegon, actinidine and monoterpene alkaloid [2-5]. The active substances of catnip plants have been widely used in medicine, food industry and perfumery. They are also used in folk medicine as a remedy for bronchitis, flu, cold and other illnesses. They have sudorfic properties, reduce fever and help treat stomach-aches [1-3, 5]. In order to produce new, interesting garden plants, many species of catnip have been crossbred repeatedly. One of the outcomes of these experiments is, for example, the hybrid Nepeta × faassenii, which has been produced by crossbreeding N. mussinii × N. nepetella. The aim of the breeding processes is not only creating plants of beautiful look, but also producing larger amounts of biologically active compounds. Molecular biology techniques are widely used in such actions. They allow precise characterization of parental components used in crossbreeding (genus or variety), which are interesting with respect to some of their particular properties. Thanks to this, the selection of plants with particular properties in the breeding process is much easier. Along these lines, the objective of this study is to determine the phenotypic and genotypic variability of four species from the Nepeta genus by means of the ISSR-PCR technique. Specifically, we identify genotype-specific ISSR loci and determine the range of variability among them. MATERIALS AND METHODS The research material consisted of four species of catnip: Nepeta cataria var. citriodora, Nepeta × faassenii, Nepeta mussinii and Nepeta nuda. All plants came from the collection of the Vegetable Faculty, Agricultural University of Szczecin. Phenotypic variability of the examined species of catnip was determined in a field experiment conducted in the Vegetable Research Station in Dołuje. Genotypic variability was determined by means of the ISSR-PCR technique in the Department of horticular Plant Breeding, Agricultural University of Szczecin. Phenotypic variability The research material consisted of herb cuttings collected from mother plants in April 2006 and included 24 pieces of each genus. The cuttings were rooted in Vol. 54 No 4 2008 M. Smolik, D. Jadczak, A. Główczyk 70 a seedling tray with 4 cm-diameter cells. In May 2006, ten plants from each genus were planted in a field at 30 x 40 cm spacing. During their growth, the plants were fertilized twice with ammonium saltpetre (10 g˙m-2). Nurturing included loosening the soil between rows of plants, removing weeds and watering. Biometric measurements of the plants were made during the vegetation period (every 12–14 days), determining their height (cm), the width of a leaf pair (cm), the length and width of a leaf blade (cm) and the length of inflorescences (cm). The herbs were picked during full blooming (August 2006). Sprouts were separated from leaves and inflorescences, their weights were determined, and essential oils were extracted. Genotypic variability The total DNA from about 100 mg of fresh leaf material was extracted using the A&A Biotechnology kit (DNA PrepPlus). The ISSR-PCR mixtures (25 µl) contained: 1.5 mM MgCl2, 100 mM KCl, 20 mM Tris-HCl pH 8.3, 0.1% Triton X-100, 0.2 µM ISSR primer, 0.2 mM of each dNTP, 1.0 units of Taq DNA polymerase (Fermentas MBI) and 50 ng of template genomic DNA. The DNA was amplified using a Mastecycler (Eppendorf) thermal cycler [6]. The amplified products were analyzed and photographed (Polaroid DS-34) by electrophoresis on a 1.5 % agarose gel and visualized with ethidium bromide (0.5 µg · ml-1) on an UV-21 transilluminator (Fotodyne). O’RangeRuler 200bp DNA Ladder (Fermentas MBI) was used as a size marker (3000–200 bp). Each fragment amplified with use of ISSR primers (UBC – University of British Columbia primer sets) was coded in a binary form by ‘0’ and ‘1’ for absence or presence in each species, respectively. In order to infer phylogenetic relationships, the 0/1 matrix was used to calculate genetic similarity and then employed to construct an unweighted pair-group method with arithmetic means - UPGMA – dendrogram using Diversity one 1.3 (Pharmacia LKB) software packages [7, 8]. The robustness of the tree topology was assessed by 1,000 bootstrap resamplings [8, 9]. RESULTS Assessment of morphological variability The experiment quantified selected morphological features of the plants, i.e., their height, the length of inflorescences and three biometric parameters of leaves: the width of a leaf pair, the length of a leaf blade and the width of individual leaves (fig. 1). Analysis of biometric measurements showed that N. citriodora plants were the tallest (64.5 cm) and that N. mussinii were the shortest (27.3 cm). They also formed the largest and the smallest leaves, respectively. Compared to N. citriodora and N. mussinii, N. × faassenii and N. nuda, plants had average heights Assessment of morphological and genetic variability in chosen Nepeta accessions 71 and leaf parameters (fig. 1). It was also found that N. nuda plants did not differ significantly from N. citriodora in any of features measured. However, both of them produced the longest inflorescences (14.4 cm), whereas the shortest were produced by N. mussinii (fig. 1). 80 70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 18 16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 19.05.06 02.06.06 14.06.06 29.06.06 12.07.06 27.07.06 08.08.06 16.08.06 1 - N. citriodora, 2 - N. x faassenii, 3 - N. nuda, 4 - N. mussinii Mmin max aaverage 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 19.05.06 02.06.06 14.06.06 29.06.06 12.07.06 27.07.06 08.08.06 16.08.06 1 - N. citriodora, 2 - N. x faassenii, 3 - N. nuda, 4 - N. mussinii Mmin max aaverage 1 2 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 1 2 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 12 3 4 1 2 3 4 19.05.0602.06.06 14.06.0629.06.0612.07.0627.07.0608.08.0616.08.06 1 - N. citriodora, 2 - N. x faassenii, 3 - N. nuda, 4 - N. mussinii Mmin max aaverage 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 19.05.06 02.06.06 14.06.06 29.06.06 12.07.06 27.07.06 08.08.06 16.08.06 1 - N. citriodora, 2 - N. x faassenii, 3 - N. nuda, 4 - N. mussinii Mmin max aaverage 4 1 - The average height of the longest sprout 2 - The average width of the twain leaves 3 - The average length of the blade leaves 4 - The average width of the leaves 5 - The average length of the inflorescences 25 20 15 10 5 0 1 2 3 4 29.06.06 1 2 3 4 12.07.06 1 2 3 4 27.07.06 1 2 3 4 08.08.06 1 2 3 4 18.08.06 1 - N. citriodora, 2 - N. x faassenii, 3 - N. nuda, 4 - N. mussinii Mmin max aaverage 5 Figure 1. Growth dynamics and the averages for sprout length, width of a leaf pair, and the length and Figure 1. width Growth dynamics and the averages for sprout length, width of a leaf pair, and the length of leaves as determined for species from the Nepeta genus and width of leaves as determined for species from the Nepeta genus It was found that neither leaf parameters nor the plants height influenced their fresh mass production. N. × faassenii were observed to have the largest amount of fresh mass (217.8 g), whereas N. mussinii had the smallest (119.2 g) (fig. 2). The analysis of the share of individual parts of the plants in whole fresh mass proved that the share of leaves, sprouts and inflorescences differed depending on the examined plant. The results of the measurements are shown in fig. 2. By weighing the green parts and collected dried material it was determined that N. × faassenii had the largest combined amount of green and dried material by weight, whereas N. mussinii had the smallest. The largest amount of dried material was obtained from N. citriodora while the smallest amount was obtained from N. × faassenii (fig. 2). Vol. 54 No 4 2008 M. Smolik, D. Jadczak, A. Główczyk 72 1 3 250 200 150 100 50 0 Fresh herb Nepeta citriodora 20.15 20.10 20.05 20.00 19.95 19.90 19.85 19.80 19.75 Nepeta citriodora Leaf Nepeta x faassenii Nepeta x faassenii Shoot Nepeta anuda Nepeta anuda Inflorescence Nepeta mussinii Nepeta mussinii 2 4 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 Nepeta citriodora Fresh green parts 2.00 1.50 0.50 0 Nepeta citriodora Nepeta x faassenii Nepeta x faassenii Nepeta nuda Dried material Nepeta anuda Figure 2. Values of selected features studied in thefeatures experimentstudied of the fourin accessions of Nepeta Figure 2. Values ofmorphometric selected morphometric the experiment of Nepeta 1 - The weight ofaccessions fresh green parts and individual parts of the plant constituting it. 2 - The weight of fresh green parts and dried material. Nepeta mussinii Nepeta mussinii of the four The weight of fresh green parts and individual parts of the plant constituting it. 31 - -The content of dry matter. 4 - -The content of essential oils. green parts and dried material. 2 The weight of fresh 3 - The content of dry matter. 4 - The content of essential oils. Assessment of morphological and genetic variability in chosen Nepeta accessions 73 The largest and smallest amounts of essential oils were extracted from N. citriodora (1.5 %) and N. × faassenii i N. nuda (0.5 %), respectively. The amount of essential oils in N. mussinii totalled 1% (fig. 2). Assessment of genetic variability Twenty microsatellite primers were used in the ISSR-PCR reaction, and clear products of the reaction were generated from 6 of them (tab. 1). For the examined species of catnip, 72 loci were ISSR amplified generating 110 amplicons. Their length varied from ~220 bp (primer 812) to ~3020 bp (primer 839) (tab. 1). Monomorphic, polymorphic and genotype-specific ISSR loci were amplified in a reaction with 6 primers. Among 72 amplified loci, only 5 ISSR loci were monomorphic, 20 (48%) were polymorphic, and 47 (52%) were determined to be genotype-specific. (tab. 1, fig. 3). One single primer used in the ISSR reaction amplified an average of 12 loci, where 5 loci were amplified for N. cataria var. citriodora and N. mussinii, and 4 loci were amplified for N. × faassenii and N. nuda (tab. 1). Six polymorphic loci were amplified in a reaction with primer 804, and 4 loci were amplified in a reaction with primers 812 and 819. The smallest numbers of loci were 3, 2 and 1 in reactions with primers 839, 824 i 826, respectively (tab. 2, fig. 3). Ta b l e 1 . Characteristics of ISSR products for investigated Nepeta accessions sprimer sequence no 5’–3’ Loci amplified amplicons number length of ISSR products polymonoNepeta cataria Nepeta × Nepeta Nepeta total specific (bp) morphic morphic var. citriodora faassenii mussinii nuda total 804 (AC)8C 2630–770 15 6 1 8 4 5 10 6 25 812 (GA)8C 1480–220 15 4 1 10 5 3 7 7 22 819 (GT)8A 1420–390 13 4 3 6 7 6 8 7 28 824 (TC)8G 1500–480 6 2 0 4 2 3 1 2 8 826 (AC)8G 3000–970 5 1 0 4 3 3 0 0 6 839 (AG)8T 3020–350 18 3 0 15 8 3 6 4 21 total 72 20 5 47 29 23 32 26 110 average 12 3 1 8 5 4 5 4 18 Ta b l e 2 . ISSR polymorphic products of investigated Nepeta accessions accession primer number, loci ISSR amplified (bp) Nepeta cataria var. citriodora Nepeta × faassenii 804(~820, ~1040, ~1240, ~1530, ~2360), 812(~220, ~450, ~670, ~1110), Nepeta mussinii 819(~390, ~590, ~680, ~1350), 824(~1200, ~1260), 826(~1220) Nepeta nuda Vol. 54 No 4 2008 1 M. Smolik, D. Jadczak, A. Główczyk 74 In the experiment, 47 polymorphic ISSR loci that were also of genotype specific were amplified in the four species of Nepeta examined (tab. 3, fig. 3). The largest number of loci (15) was amplified in reactions with 6 primers for N. cataria var. citriodora. The smallest number of loci (7) was amplified with five primers for N. × faassenii. For the remaining two species, N. mussinii and N. nuda, 12 of them were amplified in reactions with four and five primers, respectively (tab. 3). The lengths of ISSR loci amplified in each of the individual species of catnip and the associated primers are shown in table 6. Ta b l e 3 . Accession-specific loci ISSR amplified for Nepeta accessions accession primer number and loci ISSR amplified (bp) Nepeta cataria var. citriodora 804(~850, ~1760), 812(~760, ~1050, ~1250), 819(~480, ~600), 824(~820), 826(~1160, ~3000), 839(~400, ~820, ~1070, ~2330, ~3020) Nepeta × faassenii 812(~520), 819 (~1420), 824(~480, ~930), 826(~970, ~1100), 839(~350) Nepeta mussinii 804(~770, ~840,~1600), 812(~790, ~1300, ~1480), 819(~740, ~970), 839(~610, ~810, ~1400, ~1600) Nepeta nuda 804(~920, ~1010, ~2630,), 812(~430, ~900, ~990), 819(~510), 824(~480, ~1500), 839(~450, ~1020, ~1960) MW 1 2 3 MW 1 4 3 3 4 MW 1 2 3 4 3000 3000 3000 3000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 800 800 600 800 600 600 600 400 400 400 400 Primer 804 2 2 Primer 812 Primer 819 MW - molecular weight, 1 - Nepeta cataria var. citriodora, 2 - Nepeta x faassenii, 3 - Nep MW 1 2 3 4 MW 1 2 3 4 nuda 4 3000 MW 1 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 3000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 Figure 3. Electrophoregrams of ISSR products amplified on DN 3000 MW 1 2 3 4 MW 1 2 3 4 MW 1 2 3 4 3 4 Nepeta accessions. 2000White arrows mark ISSR polymorphic products 2 1600 1400 1200 1000 3000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 600 800 600 800 800 400 600 Primer 812 400 600 400 400 Primer 804 Primer 819 Primer 812 3000 3000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 2000 1600 1400 1200 1000 800 800 600 600 400 Primer 824 400 Primer 819 Primer 824 cataria var. citriodora , 2 - Nepeta , 3 - var. Nepeta mussinii, - Nepeta MW - molecular weight,x1faassenii - Nepeta cataria citriodora , 2 - Nepeta 4 x faassenii , 3 - Nepeta mussinii, 4 - Nepeta nuda Figure3. Electrophoregrams 3. Electrophoregrams ISSR products on DNA templates Figure of ISSRofproducts amplified amplified on DNA templates of four Nepeta of four ms of ISSR accessions. products amplified on polymorphic DNA templates ofproducts four Nepeta accessions. White mark ISSR polymorphic White arrows markarrows ISSR products rrows mark ISSR polymorphic products Assessment of morphological and genetic variability in chosen Nepeta accessions 75 A phylogenetic tree was constructed on the basis of UPGMA cluster algorithm for the species of Nepeta examined in this study. in this tree, N. mussinii, N. nuda and N. × faassenii were grouped in one cluster (tab. 4, fig. 4). Phylogenetic similarity among the mentioned species varied from 0.30 between N. nuda and N. mussini to 0.16 between N. nuda and N. × faassenii. Phylogenetic similarity of 0.17, 0.19 and 0.26 was found between N. cataria var. citriodora and N. × faassenii, N. mussini and N. nuda, respectively (fig. 4). 10% Nepeta nuda 762 Nepeta mussinii 1000 Nepeta x faassenii Nepeta cataria var. citriodora Figure 4. Dendrogram constructed from the results of iSSr analysis. numbers above branches represent bootstrap support calculated with 1000 replicates ta b l e 4 . Matrix of phylogenetic similarity Nepeta cataria var. citriodora Nepeta × fassenii Nepeta mussinii Nepeta cataria var. citriodora 1.00 Nepeta × faassenii 0.26 1.00 Nepeta mussinii 0.17 0.30 1.00 Nepeta nuda 0.19 0.16 0.30 Nepeta nuda 1.00 dIScuSSIon cultivation of herbs is one of the youngest fields of plant production. in Poland, the development of herb cultivation has been brought about by the exhaustion of natural resources and a demand for big, uniform batches of raw material. introducing herbal plants into cultivation and the growing demands concerning the quality of raw material create an impetus to cultivate herbs with a view to creating new varieties as well as to conducting studies in agricultural science, preservation and mechanization [10-13]. Vol. 54 no 4 2008 M. Smolik, D. Jadczak, A. Główczyk 76 The work presented herein should support the cultivation of these species. The morphological and genotypic variability of selected Nepeta species have been determined and could provide pertinent information for initiating their cultivation. Wide morphological variability was determined in examined material. This variability was clear especially in the plants’ height, which ranged from 40.00 to 73.40 cm. The results of this examination are consistent with the results described by Bown [4] for Nepeta cataria var. citriodora, and by Biggs et al. [14], Kvant and Palmstiern [15] and Broda and Mowszowicz [16] for Nepeta × faassenii. Though other literature on this subject includes no suitable references regarding the other morphological features studied in this work, there are reports regarding the biologically active compounds produced by these plants. Héthelyi et al. [17] determined the composition of essential oils for Nepeta cataria and Nepeta cataria var. citriodora. They found that these oils contain 75–80% of citrals: 52–55% of citral a and 20–24% of citral b. Morover, they observed the presence of nepetol (32–33%) and geraniol (43–44%). According to Nowiński [2], Mackú and Krejcá [3] as well as Senderski [5], catnip contains from 0.2 to 0.7% of essential oil, depending on the species. In this study, the largest amount of essential oil was found in Nepeta cataria var. citriodora (1.5%), while 1% of oil was produced by Nepeta mussinii, and 0.5% by both Nepeta × faassenii and Nepeta nuda. The application of marker techniques, including the ISSR-PCR technique used in finding loci or regions of the genome responsible for interesting features of the examined species (e.g., the quantity and quality of the essential oils produced) should significantly facilitate breeding projects [6]. Zietkiewicz et al. [6] presented a simple method of generating complex striated images, making use of the polymorphic sections of DNA among microsatellite sequences (ISSR). This method was also used to determine the genetic variability and phylogenetic dependence among varieties of currant [18] and grapevine [19] as well as in studies of similar characters in burnet [20] and mint [21]. On account of this method, the position of many immunity genes, abiotic stress tolerance genes and loci determining qualitative features has been determined [22]. For the examined species of Nepeta, 72 loci were amplified in reactions, with 6 out of 20 microsatellite primers examined, from which 47 (65%) were determined to be genotype-specific. Therefore, a specific, unique DNA profile was drawn for each genotype, distinguishing it from other genotypes. When these DNA profiles are analysed, conclusions can be drawn about the phylogenetic interdependence among examined pieces of material. Polymorphic sequences can also be linked to specific genotypes that have valuable features for cultivation, including, for example, essential oil content. In addition, they can be used to select suitable recombinants, using the MAS (Marker Assisted Selection) technique. An analysis of the genetic profiles of selected Nepeta genotypes showed that phylogenetic similarity varied from 0.30 between Nepeta nuda and Nepeta mussini to 0.16 between Nepeta nuda and Nepeta × faassenii. A similarity of 0.17, 0.19 and 0.26 was found between Nepeta cataria var. citriodora and Nepeta × faassenii, Nepeta mussini and Nepeta nuda, respectively. Assessment of morphological and genetic variability in chosen Nepeta accessions 77 CONCLUSIONS 1.The examined plants: Nepeta cataria var. citriodora, Nepeta × faassenii, Nepeta mussinii, and Nepeta nuda are different morphologically with respect to their height, the width of a leaf pair, the length and width of a leaf blade and essential oil content. 2.There are significant genotypic differences among them, determined at the level of microsatellite DNA sequences. Among 72 amplified loci, 47 were determined to be genotype specific, distinguishing one examined genotype from the other genotypes. 3.The results of this study are a source of valuable information on morphological and genetic variability among plants from the Nepeta genus. They can also be of significance in studies working to identify loci that determine essential oil production as well as in work regarding the cultivation of these genus. References 1. Brunie G. Botanika. Könemann 2005:886–7. 2.Nowiński M. 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Inter simple sequence repeat (ISSR) polymorphism and its application in plant breeding. Euphytica 2002; 128:9-13. OKREŚLENIE MORFOLOGICZNEGO I GENETYCZNEGO ZRÓŻNICOWANIA U WYBRANYCH OBIEKTÓW NEPETA Miłosz Smolik1*, Dorota Jadczak2, Aleksandra Główczyk1 Zakład Hodowli Roślin Ogrodniczych Katedra Warzywnictwa Akademia Rolnicza, ul. Janosika 8, 71-424 Szczecin 1 2 *autor do którego należy kierować korespondencję: tel.: +4891 4220851 wew. 356, faks: +4891 4232417, e-mail: [email protected] Streszczenie Celem badań było określenie zmienności morfologicznej i genetycznej czterech genotypów Nepeta: N. cataria var. citriodora, N. × faassenii, N. mussinii, N. nuda z Kolekcji Roślin Leczniczych Katedry Warzywnictwa w Dołujach Akademii Rolniczej w Szczecinie. Różnice morfologiczne między badanymi formami kocimiętki określono na podstawie pomiarów biometrycznych, którymi objęto: wysokość roślin, szerokość pary liści, długość i szerokość blaszki liściowej, długość kwiatostanu, masę świeżego i suszonego ziela oraz zawartość olejków eterycznych. Polimorfizm DNA w obrębie sekwencji mikrosatelitarnych określono przy pomocy techniki ISSR-PCR. Na podstawie przeprowadzonych pomiarów biometrycznych stwierdzono, że wszystkie analizowane cechy badanych obiektów Nepeta różniły się istotnie. Do reakcji ISSR zastosowano 20 mikrosatelitarnych starterów, spośród nich jedynie w reakcjach z 6 generowano produkty. Ogółem amplifikowano 72 loci (110 amplikonów) spośród nich 5 (7%) okazało się monomorficznymi, 20 (28%) polimorficznymi, 47 (65%) specyficznymi dla badanych obiektów. Dla każdego z badanych genotypów Nepeta amplifikowano unikatowe loci. Na podstawie algorytu skupień UPGMA wykreślono drzewo podobieństwa filogenetycznego. Składało się ono z jednej grupy podobieństwa: ‘a’ do której zaliczono: N. × faassenii, N. mussinii i N. nuda. Słowa kluczowe: Nepeta sp., zmienność fenotypowa, zmienność genotypowa, markery ISSR