morgan

morgan definition - medical

mor·gan (môrˈgən)

noun
Abbr. M A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome based on the frequency with which the genes cross over; one unit equals a theoretical crossover value of 100 percent between two loci.
Morgan definition - medical

Morgan, Thomas Hunt 1866-1945.

American biologist. He won a 1933 Nobel Prize for establishing the chromosome theory of heredity by his studies of the fruit fly Drosophila.

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