Table 2.

Density and distribution of markers in the consensus map of durum wheat

Chromosome	Markers				Total markers	Map length (cM)	Marker density (cM/marker)
	DArT	SSR	EST-derived (SSR, STS)	Othera
1A	50	13	15	2	80	174.5	2.2
2A	61	44	12	10	127	286.5	2.3
3A	37	23	11	1	72	219.1	3.0
4A	105	27	8	14	154	147.2	0.9
5A	16	34	10	23	83	200.9	2.4
6A	96	21	19	27	163	201.3	1.2
7A	80	22	9	–	111	283.2	2.5
Genome A	445	184	84	77	790	1,512.7	1.9
1B	84	45	17	27	173	220.4	1.2
2B	112	35	15	2	164	232.7	1.4
3B	229	24	8	–	261	254.1	0.9
4B	22	21	6	9	58	142.7	2.4
5B	48	12	2	–	62	245.3	3.9
6B	119	25	16	16	176	185.4	1.0
7B	126	42	18	28	214	265.5	1.2
Genome B	740	204	82	82	1,108	1,545.9	1.4
Total	1,185	388	166	159	1,898	3,058.6	1.6

^aRFLP, TRAP, biochemical and morphological markers