Scott Smith
,
North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC
Adriano de Bernardi Schneider
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Robert Reid
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Eric Jackson
,
General Mills, Kannapolis, NC
Cory Brouwer
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Kannapolis, NC
Ebrahiem Babiker
,
ARS - USDA
Steven Blanchard
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
J. Michael Bonman
,
USDA-ARS, Aberdeen, ID
Shawn Chaffin
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
Shiaoman Chao
,
USDA-ARS, Fargo, ND
Tzung-Fu Hsieh
,
North Carolina State University, Kannapolis, NC
Emir Islamovic
,
BASF, Research Triangle Park, NC
Jeremy Jay
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Kannapolis, NC
Eric N. Jellen
,
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
Kathy L. Klos
,
USDA-ARS, Aberdeen, ID
Fred L. Kolb
,
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
Gerard R. Lazo
,
USDA Agricultural Research Service, WRRC, Albany, CA
Curt A. McCartney
,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
Gnanesh Nanjappa
,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Rebekah Oliver
,
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Yung-Fen Huang
,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Charlene P. Wight
,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Nick Tinker
,
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Jessica A. Schlueter
,
University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC
We report the construction of a new consensus linkage map for hexaploid oat, which is a pre-requisite for the assembly of an oat genome sequence. This map was developed from 12 populations and accurately represents the 21 chromosomes of hexaploid oat. Individual population component maps were constructed using a novel community consensus approach. These were then merged into a single consensus map. Linkage groups were assigned and anchored to physical chromosomes using monosomic hybrid lines. The final consensus map consists of a total of 7020 mapped markers with 2169 framework markers. The average density of framework markers is 1.7 cM with a maximum gap of 17.9 cM. The total map distance is 3570 cM with the smallest chromosome mapping a total of 82 cM and the largest mapping 222 cM.
