morgan
See also: Morgan
English
Etymology
Named for Thomas Hunt Morgan.
Pronunciation
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Noun
morgan (plural morgans)
- (medicine) A unit for expressing the relative distance between genes on a chromosome.
Derived terms
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkสท- (โto flickerโ). Compare Old Saxon morgan, Old English morฤกen, Old Norse morginn, morgunn, Gothic ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ (maurgins).
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *murganaz, from Proto-Indo-European *merkสท- (โto flickerโ). Compare Old English morฤกen, Old High German morgan, Old Norse morginn, morgunn, Gothic ๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ๐ (maurgins).
Descendants
- Low German: Morgen
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