What are genetic maps?
A genetic map is a representation of the position of the genes and/or markers along a chromosome, as determined by linkage analysis. To understand this we first need to understand the concepts of inheritance, independent assortment and recombination.
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The genetic map of part of maize chromosome 10, using SSRs (in blue and black) and one candidate gene (zmm1). From Panzea (http://www.panzea.org).
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