Table 2.

Basic characteristics of the 16 walnut linkage groups

	Number of markers			Size (cM)			Average distance between markers (cM)
	Female map	Male map	Integrated map	Female map	Male map	Integrated map	Female map	Male map	Integrated map
LG1	142	17	143	163.08	145.13	161.72	1.15	8.54	1.13
LG2	108	9	108	162.19	91.02	150.36	1.50	10.11	1.39
LG3	236	1	236	162.84	0.00	162.84	0.69	0.00	0.69
LG4	169	27	169	175.49	126.56	160.35	1.04	4.69	0.95
LG5	233	5	235	180.84	91.76	185.27	0.78	18.35	0.79
LG6	161	5	161	138.75	23.09	141.60	0.86	4.62	0.88
LG7	121	7	121	194.72	89.02	161.06	1.61	12.72	1.33
LG8	102	69	102	152.96	111.10	149.25	1.50	1.61	1.46
LG9	218	40	240	208.91	65.03	156.31	0.96	1.63	0.65
LG10	242	31	243	274.38	69.25	182.38	1.13	2.23	0.75
LG11	1	80	80	0.00	78.12	78.12	0.00	0.98	0.98
LG12	123	17	132	135.60	31.46	130.18	1.10	1.85	0.99
LG13	82	1	82	115.77	0.00	115.77	1.41	0.00	1.41
LG14	153	31	153	209.41	136.44	176.33	1.37	4.40	1.15
LG15	125	34	138	190.18	72.82	156.24	1.52	2.14	1.13
LG16	179	74	234	199.25	174.78	190.04	1.11	2.36	0.81
Total	2395	448	2577	2664.36	1305.58	2457.82	/	/	/