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Mor·gan
(mōr'găn),Harry de R., British physician, 1863-1931. See: Morgan bacillus.
mor·gan (M),
(mōr'găn),The standard unit of genetic distance on the genetic map: the distance between two loci such that on average one crossing over will occur per meiosis; for working purposes, the centimorgan (0.01 M) is used.
[T.H. Morgan, U.S. geneticist, 1866-1945]
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mor·gan
(mōr'găn)The standard unit of genetic distance on the genetic map: the distance between two loci such that on average one crossing over will occur per meiosis; for working purposes, the centimorgan (0.01 M) is used.
[T.H. Morgan, U.S. geneticist, 1866-1945]
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