Abstract：The construction of sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L. Moench) molecular genetic linkage map started from early 1990’s. Molecular genetic maps with high-density of markers covering almost whole sorghum genome have been completed and integration of sorghum genetic and physical map is being underway. The correlation between genetic linkage groups and relevant chromosomes was established and the location of the important structures of chromosomes such as centromere, long and short arms, nucleolus organizer region( NOR) etc. have been identified on the linkage groups. With the continuous progress in the field, sequencing of full sorghum genome and studying on sorghum functional genomics will be initiated soon.
