Distances on a genetic map are measured in ________ units.
A)centromere
B)DNA
C)dalton
D)centimorgan

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Distances on a genetic map are measured in centimorgans (cM) which is a unit of recombination frequency distance between genes. It is named after geneticist Thomas Hunt Morgan's student, Alfred Henry Sturtevant, who first proposed the concept of measuring genetic distances based on recombination frequencies.

Distances on a Genetic Map Are Measured in ________ Units