This included two ILP mark- ers in the two duplicated kabuli genes (Supplemental files 2, 3). Interestingly, a higher density and wider genome coverage of gene- derived desi (305.4 ISMs/Mb) and kabuli (232.8 ISMs/Mb) ISMs, but a lower density of ILP markers (18.1 ILPs/Mb) as compared to that of multi-allelic SSR (144–157 SSRs/Mb) and InDel (61.4 InDels/Mb) markers (physically mapped on eight chickpea chromosomes) was evident [21,24].