Genetic Maps

Genetic Maps

This text explores what a genetic map is and how recombination frequencies can be used to order genes on a chromosome and to approximate the genetic distance between genes on a genetic map.

Topics

  • Alfred Sturtevant
  • centiMorgan
  • cM
  • crossing over
  • crossover
  • double crossover
  • Drosophila melanogaster
  • Drosophila
  • gene linkage
  • genetic distance
  • genetic map
  • linkage map
  • linkage
  • m.u.
  • map unit
  • Morgan
  • physical map
  • recombination frequency
  • RF
  • Sturtevant
  • testcross
  • Thomas Hunt Morgan