Abstract:
Having a higher discriminating power, molecular techniques such as random amplified
polymorphic DNA (RAPD) have been used worldwide as simple and easy to conduct DNA
markers to solve problems of differentiating plant materials. Medicinal plants used for centuries
to maintain health and to treat diseases, among them Euphorbia family is well known. This study
attempted to identify molecular features of selected species from the genus Euphorbia. Three
species collected from three sites of River Nile State (Euphorbia hirta, Euphorbia prostrata and
Euphorbia milii). RAPD-PCR analyses based on 45 primers gave results in term of amplification
and polymorphism for the studied plant materials.
