Before revision:  We show that our method outperforms other available methods in terms of determining the correct number of linkage groups and ordering markers both when the data are clean and contain no missing observations and when data are noisy and incomplete. In addition, we implement the method on real genotype data of barley and potato from diploid and tetraploid populations, respectively.
After revision:  We show that our method outperforms other available methods in terms of determining the correct number of linkage groups and ordering markers both when the data are clean and contain no missing observations and when data contain genotyping errors and are incomplete. We apply the proposed method to two genotype datasets: barley and potato from diploid and tetraploid populations, respectively.