“…Quantitative trait loci mapping is a tool that identifies loci controlling traits of interest (Collard et al, 2005). Through QTL analysis, the loci controlling the ripening time, skin color, fruit mass, polar diameter, shape, blooming date, fruit development period, soluble solids content, malic acid, texture, and content of phenolic compounds have been described in the Japanese plum (Salazar et al, 2017(Salazar et al, , 2020Valderrama-Soto et al, 2021). The studies mentioned above were performed by constructing linkage maps with GBS-based single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), called upon for mapping the obtained reads to peach v1.0 and v2.1 as reference genomes (Verde et al, 2013(Verde et al, , 2017, and describing the synteny among species from the same genus.…”