Table 3.

Basic characteristics of the 15 linkage groups of flax.

Linkage group	Total marker	Total distance(cM)	Average distance(cM)	Max gaps
LG1	191	96.73	0.51	7.79
LG2	59	83.79	1.42	9.69
LG3	82	109.46	1.33	16.52
LG4	62	65.06	1.05	15.60
LG5	90	91.64	1.02	3.49
LG6	106	94.37	0.89	11.05
LG7	110	101.30	0.92	4.68
LG8	90	83.60	0.93	8.41
LG9	92	86.34	0.94	8.28
LG10	100	94.88	0.95	4.30
LG11	765	153.49	0.20	1.43
LG12	39	34.05	0.87	2.59
LG13	248	128.98	0.52	6.03
LG14	109	102.28	0.94	8.51
LG15	196	157.28	0.80	7.80
Total	2,339	1, 483.25	0.63	16.52