Table 1. Relative size of linkage groups (LG) (assuming the genome size of 1300 cM), and the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) retained on each LG after various quality checks.

LG	Relative size (%)	Initial No. of SNPs	No. of SNPs retained	Average distance (megabase)	Maximum distance (megabase)
1	6.62	434	143	0.252	2.599
2	6.31	684	243	0.161	3.534
3	6.58	487	148	0.267	3.055
4	4.84	386	139	0.177	1.523
5	6.79	486	162	0.232	4.352
6	5.61	340	107	0.282	5.362
7	4.37	340	120	0.255	1.873
8	5.43	399	129	0.272	3.446
9	5.41	477	202	0.177	2.607
10	6.99	531	136	0.272	3.073
11	5.74	456	155	0.257	3.306
12	5.48	459	147	0.245	1.925
13	5.72	423	127	0.315	2.543
14	5.69	374	113	0.296	3.945
15	8.60	621	200	0.273	6.206
16	4.31	347	119	0.188	3.090
17	5.56	448	110	0.245	1.492

The average distance and the maximum distance between adjacent SNP pairs are also shown for each LG.