Table 4.

Marker orders and their genetic distances (cm) obtained from different mapping algorithms for the numerical example

SA and BB		UG		SER		IN (50)
Order	Dist	Order	Dist	Order	Dist	Order	Dist
1a	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.00	1	0.00
2	12.65	2	12.65	2	12.65	2	12.65
3	4.80	3	4.80	3	4.80	3	4.80
4	15.52	4	15.52	5	16.47	5	16.47
5	3.94	5	3.94	4	3.94	4	3.94
6	11.55	7	13.03	7	11.61	7	11.61
7	0.76	6	0.76	6	0.76	6	0.76
8	8.68	9	5.05	8	7.67	9	5.05
9	0.77	8	0.77	9	0.77	8	0.77
10	1.52	10	2.11	10	1.52	10	2.11
11	2.93	11	2.93	11	2.93	11	2.93
12	2.25	12	2.25	12	2.25	12	2.25
13	5.22	14	2.27	14	2.27	13	5.22
14	4.51	13	4.51	15	3.10	14	4.51
15	3.10	15	7.89	16	8.42	15	3.10
16	8.42	16	8.42	17	13.29	16	8.42
17	13.29	17	13.29	18	6.99	17	13.29
18	6.99	18	6.99	19	21.89	18	6.99
19	21.89	19	21.89	20	3.54	19	21.89
20	3.54	20	3.54	21	2.21	20	3.54
21	2.21	21	2.21	22	0.00	21	2.21
22	0.00	22	0.00	24	0.73	22	0.00
23	2.17	23	2.17	23	1.48	23	2.17
24	1.48	24	1.48	25	8.34	24	1.48
25	3.70	25	3.70	26	8.21	25	3.70
26	8.21	26	8.21	13	79.68	26	8.21
	150.11b		150.38		225.52		148.08

^aMarker codes for 1–26 are described on page 288 (Liu, 1998)

^bThe genetic distance obtained by Haldane’s function (Haldane 1919)

SA&BB simulated annealing and branch bound algorithms, UG unidirectional growth, SER seriation, and IN(50) insertion with 50 repetitions