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Centimorgan (cM): A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one genetic locus will be separated from a marker at another locus due to crossing over in a single generation. In humans, 1 cM is equivalent, on average, to 1 million base pairs. The centimorgan is named after the pioneering (and Nobel Prize winning) geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Centimorgan (cM): A unit of measure of genetic recombination frequency. One cM is equal to a 1% chance that a marker at one genetic locus will be separated from a marker ...
The centimorgan is not a measure of physical distance, but typically a genetic distance of 1 cM corresponds to a physical distance of roughly one million base ...
One centimorgan (cM) is equivalent to a 1% chance that a marker at one genetic locus will be separated from a marker at a second locus due to crossover per generation.
Glossary cDNA A complimentary DNA for a messenger RNA (mRNA) molecule. Unlike an mRNA, a cDNA can be easily propagated and sequenced. CentiMorgan (cM)
Synonym(s) cM; Definition(s) ... Two loci are said to be one centimorgan apart if recombination is observed between them ...