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Theor Appl Genet (2006) 113:1015–1026 DOI 10.1007/s00122-006-0361-8 ORIGINAL PAPER An updated ‘Essex’ by ‘Forrest’ linkage map and Wrst composite interval map of QTL underlying six soybean traits M. A. Kassem · J. Shultz · K. Meksem · Y. Cho · A. J. Wood · M. J. Iqbal · D. A. Lightfoot Received: 29 March 2006 / Accepted: 26 June 2006 / Published online: 5 September 2006 © Springer-Verlag 2006 Abstract DNA marker maps based on single popu- mates of marker order in composite maps must lations are the basis for gene, loci and genomic analy- include sets of markers that were not polymorphic in ses. Individual maps can be integrated to produce multiple populations. Often some of the pooled mark- composite maps with higher marker densities if ers were not codominant, or were not correctly shared marker orders are consistent. However, esti- scored. The soybean composite map was composed of data from Wve separate populations based on north- ern US germplasm but does not yet include ‘Essex’ by Communicated by F. J. Muehlbauer. ‘Forrest’ recombinant inbred line (RIL) population (E £ F) or any southern US soybean cultivars. The Electronic supplementary material Supplementary material is available in the online version of this article at / objectives were, to update the E £ F map with 10.1007/s00122-006-0361-8 and is accessible for authorized users. codominant markers, to compare marker orders among this map, the Forrest physical