The across-families integrated map of these 7651 SNP markers was used here (version of July 4 2014).
Integrated map length was similar to previously published maps (Table 1).
The order of the mapped loci was generally well conserved between the integrated map and the accession-specific maps, which indicated that the positions of the loci on the present integrated map can be regarded as the "consensus" positions.
However, the order of mapped loci was generally well conserved between the integrated map and the RIP-specific maps, which indicates that the positions of the loci on the present integrated map can be regarded as a good "consensus map".
In total, 41.0% of all genetic markers in the BnaWAIT_01_2010a integrated map (2,114/5,162) displayed homology to Arabidopsis, representing 39.2% of all mapped loci in the BnaWAIT_01_2010a integrated map.
Based upon derived scores, the final integrated map was prepared.
This choice of 5 cM is the average size of BINs on the integrated map.
However, we assume that an integrated map is constructed for all four backcrosses.
The integrated map was divided into 217 BINs of approximately 5 cM.
RTS and TPLS assisted with evaluation of the integrated map.
The new integrated map is shown in Additional file 5.
