His leap last week from the Internet to "newborn babies with a genetic map in their hands" showed some promise.
They can be used to create genetic maps of whatever organism is being studied.
But even without the grand genetic map that is promised, ingenious researchers have been able to fish out genes of interest.
The quality of the draft sequence has now reached the point that genetic maps can truly be integrated into the genome.
Subsequent studies in his laboratory led to the discovery of recombination and the first genetic maps.
It is possible to produce a genetic map within two years of the initial cross regardless of the species.
This type of mapping is more accurate than genetic maps.
You don't need a genetic map to see where this is headed.
The ordered list of loci known for a particular genome is called a genetic map.
Sturtevant made the first genetic map of a chromosome in 1913.