Table 1

Characteristics of the third-generation linkage map of the honey bee

Linkage group
Number of markers
Genetic length (cM)
Recombinant
Density of markers
Physical map
Recombination rate (cM/Mb)
Interference: gamma shape parameter










Haldane function
Kosambi function
B map
V map

Number of scaffolds
Assembled length (bp)



LG01
273
600.6
575.9
553.3
543.2
2.11
83
25,834,090
22.29
3.49
LG02
143
335.6
321.9
296.7
305.3
2.25
43
13,972,177
23.04
2.61
LG03
137
288.6
276.9
260.9
265.3
2.02
39
11,721,520
23.62
2.76
LG04
115
302.1
290.9
272.8
260.0
2.53
27
10,956,690
26.55
2.47
LG05
121
278.9
265.3
252.2
253.7
2.19
33
12,900,692
20.56
3.37
LG06
139
318.7
305.7
316.3
266.3
2.20
55
15,039,083
20.33
3.18
LG07
117
246.4
237.9
239.1
205.3
2.03
47
10,548,973
22.55
2.42
LG08
112
233.1
224.3
239.1
189.5
2.00
47
10,889,223
20.60
3.18
LG09
105
229.8
220.3
202.2
202.1
2.10
26
9,832,907
22.40
2.26
LG10
124
241.4
232.5
218.5
226.3
1.88
45
10,442,577
22.26
3.14
LG11
125
233.9
223.4
222.8
208.4
1.79
42
12,471,977
17.91
2.50
LG12
100
228.2
219.3
203.3
220.0
2.19
30
9,859,010
22.24
2.72
LG13
95
206.6
197.7
175.0
192.6
2.08
21
9,266,737
21.33
2.54
LG14
107
208.1
200.5
200
186.3
1.87
25
8,776,661
22.84
3.38
LG15
112
194.3
184.0
180.4
177.9
1.64
42
8,109,687
22.69
1.88
LG16
83
143.7
138.0
143.5
125.3
1.66
21
6,072,872
22.72
2.23
Total
2,008
4,290.0
4,114.5
3,976.1
3,827.4
2.05
626
186,694,876
22.04
2.70

For each linkage group and the whole genome (total) are indicated: the number of markers mapped (1,346 for family B alone, 128 for family V alone, 534 for both); the genetic length of the map: Haldane and Kosambi functions of distance calculated on the combined map (B + V) (the Kosambi function is used for the calculation of the ratios in the other columns); and the number of recombinations for families B and V normalized by progeny numbers; the density of markers (calculation including null distances) - the density is homogeneous for all chromosomes except 15 and 16 which were further worked for superscaffolding assistance (see text), all distances are smaller than 10 cM; the number of scaffolds that were integrated in assembly version 4.0 with AmelMap3 as the framework; the physical length of the scaffolds in assembly 4.0; the recombination rate as a ratio of the genetic length in centimorgans (cM) over the physical length in megabases (Mb). interference: shape parameter of the fitted gamma(ν, 2ν) distribution.

Solignac et al. Genome Biology 2007 8:R66   doi:10.1186/gb-2007-8-4-r66