Table 2.

Consensus framework and interpolated map marker summary

Pop acronym	Marker and map features
	(SSR)	DArT/AFLP (no.)	SNP/STS (no.)	Biochemical/morphological loci (no.)	Total marker (no.)	Linkage group (no.)	Total length cM	Inter-marker distance cM/marker
Consensus framework	295	281	21	1	598	17	2,239.4	3.74
Interpolated	960	1,385	225	5	2,575	17	2,463.1	0.971

Number of mapped loci (simple sequence repeat, SSR; Diversity Array Technology, DArT; amplified length polymorphisms, AFLP; single nucleotide polymorphisms, SNPs; sequence tagged sites, STSs; Mendelian loci) included in the consensus framework map (obtained from the common markers from the six core-component maps) and in the final interpolated map (with all markers), number of linkage groups, total map length (cM) and average inter-marker distance (cM/marker) for both maps.