“…The highest allelic diversity was observed for in CP16 (eight alleles) and lowest for 23 loci (CP code: 06,09,11,20,22,23,24,27,28,29,33,36,38, CPM2288CC, P3K2351CC, P3K3143C0, P3K3187CC, P3K3579CC, P3K5504A5, P3K5988CC, P6K883CC, P8K277CC and P8K594A5) exhibiting only two alleles (Table 6). This average number of alleles was consistent with previous observations made by other authors, who reported averages of 4.02 (Oliveira et al 2010b) and 4.53 alleles per locus (Matos et al 2013) in the analysis of Brazilian papaya genotypes. In contrast, a higher average number of alleles per locus (6.60) was found by Ocampo Pérez et al (2007), who analyzed 72 papaya genotypes with 15 microsatellite markers, and by Asudi et al (2013), who analyzed 42 papaya genotypes from six regions in Kenya, in which 11.93 alleles per locus were observed.…”