The Genetic Map Comparator: a user-friendly application to display and compare genetic maps.

MOTIVATION: Marker-assisted selection strongly relies on genetic maps to accelerate breeding programs. High-density maps are now available for numerous species. Dedicated tools are required to compare several high-density maps on the basis of their key characteristics, while pinpointing their differences and similarities.

RESULTS: We developed the Genetic Map Comparator-a web-based application for easy comparison of different maps according to their key statistics and the relative positions of common markers.

AVAILABILITY: The Genetic Map Comparator is available online at: https://bioweb.supagro.inra.fr/geneticMapComparator The source code is freely available on GitHub under the under the CeCILL general public license: https://github.com/holtzy/GenMap-Comparator CONTACT: [email protected]; [email protected] information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.