Twenty eight effective RAPD primers were selected from six hundred primers for the genetic diversity analysis of 18 different flax varieties from different countries and regions.A total number of 528 bands was amplified,and 201 bands were polymorphic. The percentage of polymorphic bands was 38.0%. The dendrogram constructed according to UPGMA by NTSYSpc(ver.2.10)showed that 18 flax varieties could be divided into three groups with genetic distance from 0.0469 to 0.1308. The 18 flax varieties were clustered into 3 main groups. Redwood 5 and Hu...