Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Some Iranian Tulipa Species Within the Subgenus Eriostemones Using CDDP Method

Tulipa (Liliaceae) has around 40–100 species throughout the world. The genetic diversity and population structure have not already been studied by different genetic markers. The present study aimed to evaluate the genetic diversity and population structure of some Tulipa species belonging to the subgenus Eriostemones based on CDDP technique. CDDP results indicated 204 polymorphic bands, thus, revealed a remarkable amount of polymorphism among studied tulips. The STRUCTURE analysis created two distinct clusters ( K = 2). Molecular variance analysis displayed more genetic variation within populations (81%). Studied accessions are not well discriminated in distinct geographical groups.