Centimorgan (cM)
Centimorgan (cM) : A unit of genetic separation used in genetics and biotechnology. If two locations on a chromosome have a 1% probability of being separated during recombination in a single generation, then the distance between those locations is one centimorgan. In humans, the centimorgan is approximately equal to one million base pairs. The unit honors the pioneering American geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan (1866-1945), who received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity
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