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Definition of Centimorgans
1. centimorgan [n] - See also: centimorgan
Lexicographical Neighbors of Centimorgans
Literary usage of Centimorgans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Statistics in Molecular Biology and Genetics: Selected Proceedings of a 1997 by Françoise Seillier-Moiseiwitsch (1999)
"The distance between markers in a genetic map is given by genetic distance, in
the units centiMorgans (cM). Two markers are separated by d cM, ..."
2. Game Theory, Optimal Stopping, Probability and Statistics: Papers in Honor by F. Thomas Bruss, (, Thomas Shelburne Ferguson, Lucien Marie Le Cam (2000)
"If we use centimorgans (cM), which are defined by the property that in one unit
of genetic distance there is an expectation of 0.01 crossovers per meiosis, ..."
3. Statistics and Science: A Festschrift for Terry Speed by Darlene Renee Goldstein, Terry Speed (2003)
"... strand between two loci; the unit for this distance is the Morgan (A/);
distances are more commonly specified as centimorgans (cM; 100 cM = 1 Af). ..."
4. Statistical Inference from Genetic Data on Pedigrees by Elizabeth Alison Thompson (2000)
"The unit of genetic distance is the Morgan, but it is often more convenient to
use centiMorgans (cM). Since expectations are additive, regardless of ..."
5. Molecular Markers in Plant Genome Analysis: Sponsored CRIS/ICAR Projects and by Andrew Kalinski (1995)
"On the average, a QTL with 5% or 10% explained variance is mapped on an interval
of 40 or 20 centiMorgans, respectively. Of course, QTLs with a larger ..."
6. Schizophrenia, 1993: A Special Report edited by David Shore, Samuel J. Keith (1996)
"For practical purposes, linkage can detect a disease gene within 5-10 centimorgans (cM)
of the marker (where 1 cM equals a 1-percent probability of a ..."
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