“…Biochemical and molecular markers have been used to enhance understanding of plant population genetic structure (Soltis et al, 1992). Among several efficient methods for revealing genetic variability within and among plant populations, some of the most widely applied are isozyme electrophoresis (Hamrick and Allard, 1972;Hamrick and Godt, 1990), random amplified DNA polymorphism -RAPDs - (Wolff and Peters-van Rijn, 1993;Wachira et al, 1995;Brummer et al, 1995;Swoboda and Bhalla, 1997;Palacios and Gonzalez-Candelas, 1997), and restriction fragment length polymorphisms -RFLPs - (Keim et al, 1989;Hong et al, 1993;Yanesita et al, 1997). In the genus Prosopis, previous isoenzymatic studies in some Algarobia Section species have shown low differentiation among species and populations coupled with high variability within populations (Saidman, 1985(Saidman, , 1986(Saidman, , 1990(Saidman, , 1993Saidman and Vilardi, 1987;Verga, 1995).…”