Pearl millet [Pennisetum glaucum(L.) R. Br.] consensus linkage map constructed using four RIL mapping populations and newly developed EST-SSRs

Table 2 Details of the four individual maps and consensus map

	RIP A (ICMB 841-P3 × 863B-P2)		RIP B (H 77/833-2 × PRLT 2/89-33)		RIP C (81B-P6 × ICMP 451-P8)		RIP D (PT 732B-P2 × P1449-2-P1)		Consensus map
Linkage groups	No. of markers	Map length (cM)	No. of markers	Map length (cM)	No. of markers	Map length (cM)	No. of markers	Map length (cM)	No. of markers	Map length (cM)
LG1 or LG1a	18	130	17	123	13	76	6	29	29	147
LG1b							2	0.3
LG2	18	104	14	139	10	108	4	6	30	193
LG3	8	44	9	102	7	54	8	34	17	94
LG4	12	49	6	68	6	21	9	69	17	87
LG5	13	86	8	84	10	117	9	48	22	134
LG6 or LG6a	20	98	14	86	7	10	4	9	32	113
LG6b					4	8	2	3
LG6c					2	3	2	2
LG7	15	104	10	88	5	31	11	74	27	130
LGA (unlinked)	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	-	-
Total	104	615	78	690	64	428	59	276	174	898

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