Table 1. Summary of the linkage maps.

	Map A				Map B				Consensus Map
LG	Length (cM)	N Markers	N Unique Mapped	Marker Interval (cM)	Length (cM)	N Markers	N Unique Mapped	Marker Interval (cM)	Length (cM)	N Markers	Marker Interval (cM)
1	139.51	135	53	1.04	165.55	114	41	1.47	181.28	148	1.23
2	140.62	131	55	1.08	107.83	111	48	0.98	160.22	140	1.15
3	141.06	132	53	1.08	145.77	119	48	1.24	157.32	138	1.15
4	140.13	119	56	1.19	55.76	46	26	1.24	142.38	120	1.20
5	134.02	85	31	1.59	87.19	74	29	1.19	132.07	88	1.52
6	108.62	73	34	1.51	108.74	61	29	1.81	116.23	79	1.49
7	102.45	81	35	1.28	105.35	59	26	1.82	112.33	81	1.40
8	97.04	52	29	1.90	79.36	41	23	1.98	101.90	56	1.85
9	48.35	43	27	1.15	82.12	56	25	1.49	100.63	61	1.68
10	106.05	88	36	1.22	55.02	28	16	2.04	100.35	89	1.14
11	102.75	54	30	1.94	73.08	48	18	1.55	96.23	63	1.55
12	78.73	78	37	1.02	71.34	65	32	0.94	82.88	83	1.01
13	21.88	5	5	5.47
Total	1361.21	1076	481		1137.11	822	361		1483.82	1146

Map A: intercross map constructed for the family A (see Results). Map B: outcross map constructed for the family B (see Results). Consensus map was constructed by merging maps A and B. Linkage groups (LGs) are numbered according to the length on the consensus map.