Table 1.

Summary of the six mapping populations used to construct the consensus map of durum wheat

Parents	Population size	Markers				Total markers	Map length (cM)	Marker density (cM/marker)	Reference
		SSR	EST-derived (SSR,STS)	DArT	Other markersa
‘Creso’ × ‘Pedroso’	123	191	44	340	–	575	2,221.3	3.8	Marone et al. (2009)
‘Ofanto’ × ‘Cappelli’	161	154	23	437	4	618	1,649.4	2.6	Verlotta et al. (2010)
‘Cirillo’ × ‘Neodur’	178	71	7	212	–	290	1,568.5	5.4	Russo et al. (2011)
‘Ciccio’ × ‘Svevo’	120	132	110	584	4	830	1,765.8	2.1	Gadaleta et al. (2009)
‘Latino’ × ‘Primadur’	121	96	22	322	–	440	1,066.2	2.4	Blanco et al. (2011, 2012)
‘Messapia’ × ‘MG4343’	65	84	–	–	356	440	2,913.2	6.6	Blanco et al. (2004)

^aRFLP, TRAP, biochemical and morphological markers