The human genome is approxiamtely 3000 cM and 3000 Mb. Thus at the most
simple whole-genome approximation, 1 cM = 1 Mb. However, specific regions
vary considerably.
I hope that this helps.
In article <3200A10C.196A at odyssee.net>, dellaire at ODYSSEE.NET (Graham
Dellaire) wrote:
> Hello all,
>> I have forgotten the conversion for cM distances in the average
> mammalian genome. Does anyone remember the number of kb in a cM?
>> Thanks in advance....
>> this is really bugging me (hehe)
>> Graham Dellaire
> McGill University
>dellaire at odyssee.net
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