Caracterización molecular de un banco de germoplasma del género Theobroma mediante la técnica RAPD * Molecular characterisation of a germplasm bank for Theobroma genus using the RAPD technique

RAPD markers (Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA) were used for analysing 145 individuals (128 T. grandiflorum and 17 T. bicolor) from the ex situ Theobroma genus germplasm bank at Instituto Sinchi, located at San Jose del Guaviare. 5 primers able to generated polymorphism were selected from an initial set of 20, generating 114 bands that enable to us to distinguish between more than 99% of individuals analysed: 57 bands for T. grandiflorum (84.2% polymorphic), 45 bands for T. bicolor (26.7% polymorphic) and 12 bands