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The Estimation of Map Distances from Recombination Values

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The genetic map is a tool to quantify the distance between genes on a chromosome, based on the observed frequency of crossovers during cell division.

Published in Annals of Eugenics 12, 172–175 (1944). Reprinted with permission from John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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Kosambi, D.D. (2016). The Estimation of Map Distances from Recombination Values. In: Ramaswamy, R. (eds) D.D. Kosambi. Springer, New Delhi. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-81-322-3676-4_16

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