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Term
Centimorgan MGI Glossary
Definition
A unit of length in a genetic map. Two loci are 1 cM apart if recombination is detected between them in 1% of meioses.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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04/03/2013
MGI 5.12 		The Jackson Laboratory