Characterization of induced mutations and somaclonal
variations between induced mutant ‘GN60A’ and its original
variety ‘Grand Naine’ of genomic DNA using arbitrary primers
was performed by Fernandez et al. [4]. In addition Pancholi
et al. [12] stated that a Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA
(RAPD) marker based protocol was developed to screen for
somaclonal variation in bananas in tissue culture, using Cachaco
Enano (AAB), Yangambi (AAA) and Pisang Awak (ABB)
plants. They reported that 17% of the plants were found to be
variants and the variation was genotype-dependent. They
found also that variability increased with an increase in the
copy number of genome A, but it decreased with an increase
in the copy number of genome B. Their results indicated that
RAPD markers could be used to monitor the levels of somaclonal
variation