For primer amplifications, the reaction was performed with the final volume of 25 µL containing 50 ηg of DNA, 6 µL of 5X reaction buffer, 1.5 mM MgCl 2 , 200 μM of each dNTP, 0.2 µM of each primer (Sigma, USA) and 2U of Taq DNA polymerase (Go Taq Flexi, Promega, USA). Samples were amplified in a gradient thermal cycler (Gradient Multigene, Labnet International, USA) using a touchdown program, with initial denaturation at 94°C for 5 min, followed by 8 denaturation cycles at 94°C for 50s, with the annealing temperature decreased 1ºC in each cycle from 62 to 55°C for 45s and 72°C for 1 min. This step was followed by 33 amplification cycles with denaturation at 94°C for 50 s, annealing at 54°C for 45 s and extension at 72°C for 1 min. Finally an amplification was concluded with final extension at 72°C for 10 min.
The amplified PCR product was run on a 6% denaturing polyacrylamide gel using 60W power for variable duration according to the expected size of the alleles. Then the resulting gels were stained with silver nitrate according to the method described by Creste et al. (2001) . After drying overnight at room temperature, the gels were photographed on a UV light box.