How much is one map unit for expressing distance between genes in a chromosome

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Centimorgan. In genetics, a centimorgan (abbreviated cM) or map unit (m.u.) is a unit for measuringgenetic linkage. It is defined as thedistance between chromosomepositions (also termed loci or markers) for which the expected average number of intervening chromosomalcrossovers in a single generation is 0.01.
One map unit (m.u) is equivalent to one % recombinant genotypes.

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