Before revision:  We illustrate the efficiency of the inference method on a broad range of synthetic data with varying rates of missingness and genotyping errors. 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.
After revision:  Through simulations, we illustrate the utility of our map construction method and compare its performance with 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.