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Centimorgan (cM) at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Centimorgan (cM)? A measure of the frequency of genetic recombination. A centimorgan is a unit of genetic mapping equal to 1% crossover of genes between homologous chromosomes as established by genetic studies.

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