Whole genome genetic map size of chicken was 72.5 cM larger than the whole genome genetic map size of turkey.
Therefore, the estimated corrected map size of the sex-averaged map was approximately 2550 cM.
The largest chromosome, MGA1, had a map with 81 SNPs and a map size of 325.8 cM, followed by MGA2 with 55 SNPs and a map size of 229 cM.
The total physical map size of turkey covered by markers genotyped in this study was 939.4 Mb.
Of note, however, is the skewed corrected map size of LG17 at only 16.8 cM, likely reflecting the severe shortage of recombination events observed in this linkage group.
Although our initial interspecific map was very close to the estimated tetraploid map size of ∼4500 cM suggested by Rong et al. (2004), it showed sizeable gaps and discordant LD patterns.
The number of the function-known NcCOG categories is 2835, and the map size of a BLSOM was chosen so as to provide a mean ca. 8 data points per lattice point on the BLSOM.
This view is also supported by recent imaging data demonstrating a correlation between tactile hyperacuity and cortical map size of the fingers in the primary somatosensory cortex (Duncan and Boynton, 2007).
The BEPA cross had an elevated overall recombination rate relative to the FTC cross, with a total map size of 1570 cM and 1963 cM in the FTC and BEPA crosses, respectively.
A map size of 9 × 7 in Q mode was based on the optimal number of map units (5 \documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\sqrt{aa} $$\end{document} a ; a is the number of training samples) [ 55].
These two phenomena together accounted for the significant expansion of the total map size of the region that reached up to a 40% increase, showing a similar trend to the one that we observe in the real assembly of the grape map.
