“…In recent decades, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD), amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP), simple sequence repeat (SSR) and single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) have been the main molecular markers used for construction of genetic maps due to the limitation of sequencing technologies and high costs. In radish, several genetic maps have been reported based on RFLP, RAPD, AFLP, SSR and SNP markers in different populations, and the total coverage of these maps ranges from 554.0 to 1,678.2 cM (Bett & Lydiate, ; Budahn et al, ; Gan et al, ; Kamei et al, ; Kitashiba et al, ; Li et al, ; Mitsui et al, ; Mun et al, ; Shirasawa & Kitashiba, ; Shirasawa et al, ; Tsuro, Suwabe, Kubo, Matsumoto, & Hirai, , ; Xu et al, ; Yu et al, , ; Zhang et al, ; Zou et al, ). Marker density is a key factor affecting the precision of recombinational breakpoint identification and mapping resolution.…”