mapping function

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n.

A mathematical formula that relates distances on a gene map to recombination frequencies; its graphic rendering shows that the recombination value of two genes is never greater than 50 percent regardless of how far apart the genes are on a chromosome.

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How to use mapping function in a sentence

But the copper performs another important function: working as a catalyst in the distillation process.
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The iPad was an even bigger hit, especially as it had a new function that allowed him to play the drawing back.
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Openness might be a function of sexuality and gender, as well.
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Entitled “Please Go Home,” the parody stars Daniel Franzese, best known as the “too gay to function” Damian from Mean Girls.
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Sex is a basic human function; a physiological drive we cannot ignore.
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To prevent intruders or extruders from withdrawing his mind from the text, he exercises the Inhibitory function of the Attention.
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Little girls perhaps represent the attractive function of adornment: they like to be thought pretty.
Children's Ways|James Sully
This is hardly a function—parties even in the big political country-houses are more or less informal.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
No definite proof of this position has, however, as yet been adduced, and the function of the compound is entirely unknown.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
After the formal proclamation was issued the function terminated with a banquet given to 200 insurgent notabilities.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman