LINKAGE OF MORPHOLOGICAL AND ISOZYME LOCI IN LENTIL, LENS-CULINARIS L

Six new isozymes and three morphological markers were placed on the lentil (Lens culinaris L.) linkage map. The 17 isozymes and 11 morphological markers that were studied formed four linkage groups (I through IV). These linkage groups represent linkage relationships in the cultivated lentil (L. c. ssp. culinaris) and its wild progenitor (L. c. ssp. orientalis). However, in crosses between L. c. ssp. odemensis and other ssp. of L. culinaris, linkage relationships were slightly different. In these crosses markers of linkage groups III and IV showed disturbed segregation and pseudo-linkage. Although wide crosses contain more variability than narrow crosses in lentil, linkage relationships are more difficult to interpret because of the prevalence of disturbed segregation and pseudo-linkage.