A total of 80 samples of selected progeny and 60 samples of Dura parents were evaluated using the Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with 50 microsatellite markers in accordance with the amplification conditions reported by [8]. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (PAGE) 6% w/v was used for the visualization of the PCR amplification product using staining method suggested by [13]. DNA bands obtained from the SSR loci were scored manually according to the method described by [14].