Table 1. Information about linkage groups.

Linkage group	Number of markers	Size (cM)	Average distance between markers (cM)
LG1	12	15.3	1.7
LG2	23	102	4.86
LG3	22	73.4	3.86
LG4	26	103.2	4.49
LG5	11	28.9	3.21
LG6	36	95.3	3.07
LG7	59	153.9	3.02
LG8	7	22.5	3.75
LG9	46	159.7	4.2
LG10	13	68.1	5.68
LG11	48	130.6	3.19
LG12	40	137.4	3.71
LG13	34	108.2	3.49
LG14	57	156.3	3.13
LG15	81	181.1	2.62
LG16	44	114.7	2.94
Total	559	1650.6	3.39