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Industrial Crops and Products 41 (2013) 134–143 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Industrial Crops and Products j o u rn a l h o me p a g e : w w w. elsev /locate/indcrop Assessing the genetic diversity of castor bean from Chiapas, México using SSR and AFLP markers Víctor Pecina-Quintero a,∗ a ˜ a , José Luis Anaya-López , Carlos Alberto Núnez-Colín , Alfredo Zamarripa-Colmenero b , Noé Montes-García c , José Luis Solís-Bonilla b , María Rocío Aguilar-Rangel a a INIFAP-Campo Experimental Bajío, Km 6.5 Carretera Celaya-San Miguel de Allende, Celaya, Guanajuato, C.P. 38010, Mexico b INIFAP-Campo Experimental Rosario Izapa, Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas, Mexico c INIFAP-Campo Experimental Río Bravo, Río Bravo, Tamaulipas, Mexico a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Due to the chemical and physical properties of castor oil (Ricinus communis) that make it a valuable raw Received 19 December 2011 material for numerous industrial applications, including the production of biofuel, interest to develop Received in revised form 9 April 2012 more and better varieties has been increased. However, despite this interest, México does not currently Accepted 14 April 2012 have any varieties of enhanced castor for which yield and adaptation have been optimized to justify sizeable production. Although some varieties have been introduced, the