Look up: locus

1. locus
   Latin, meaning: place, location, situation, spot. [monastery]
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2. Locus
   a specific place or location on a given chromosome. The genetic information encoded there is a gene.
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3. Locus
   (plural= 'loci') Refers to a specific location on a chromosome that affects a certain trait or characteristic. Each individual possesses two alleles at any particular locus (with the exception of the Sex or 'XY' chromosome pair.) There may be one, two or more different possible or existing alleles f...
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4. locus
   Site on a chromosome occupied by a particular gene.
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5. Locus
   See Genetic locus
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6. Locus
   (Loci). The position of a particular gene on a chromosome.
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7. locus
   [n] - the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome 2. [n] - the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions
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8. Locus
   The set of all points meeting some specified condition.
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9. Locus
   Locus: The place, in Latin.. In genetics, a locus is the place a gene occupies on a chromosome. One locus, two loci.
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10. locus
    a set of points or lines whose location satisfies or is determined by one or more specified conditions Category: Automation (includes telecommunications and computers)
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11. locus
    (= loci (plural)) The site in a linkage map or on a chromosome where the gene for a particular trait is located. Any one of the alleles of a gene may be present at this site.
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12. Locus
    Lo'cus noun ; plural Loci , & Loca . [ Latin , place. Confer Allow , Couch , Lieu , Local .] 1. A place; a locality. 2. (Math.) The line traced by a point which varies its posi...
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13. locus
    <genetics> The site in a linkage map or on a chromosome where the gene for a particular trait is located. Any one of the alleles of a gene may be present at this site. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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14. locus
    noun the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; `the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle`
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15. locus
    (lo´kәs) pl. lo´ci Latin word meaning a place or site. in genetics, the specific site of a gene on a chromosome. locus ceruleus a pigmented eminence in the superior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain.
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16. Locus
    • (n.) A place; a locality. • (n.) The line traced by a point which varies its position according to some determinate law; the surface described by a point or line that moves according to a given law.
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17. locus
    (from the article `evolution`) ...of organisms of the same species. It can be described by citing the frequencies of the alternative genetic constitutions. Consider, for example, a ... ...groups act as markers (inherited characteristics) for genes present on chromosomes, which are responsible for their expression. The site of a ... [...
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18. locus
    (from the article `motivation`) ...people make in achievement-related situations suggests that the four causal ascriptions mentioned above and perhaps other ascriptions as well can ...
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19. Locus
    A distributed system project supporting transparent access to data through a network-wide file system.
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20. Locus
    Locus is British slang for to drug someone prior to robbing them.
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21. Locus
    Locus is British slang for to drug someone prior to robbing them.
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22. Locus
    (n) Locus is the place or venue or location identifiable, where an event under reference is occurred . The Latin word 'low-cuss' mean the place.
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23. locus
    (low-cuss) n. Latin for "place," it means "place which" this or that occurred.
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24. Locus
    In geometry, the locus is the line traced out or generated by a point which is constrained to move in accordance with certain determinate conditions; thus, the locus of a point moving in a plane, and which must preserve the same uniform distance from a fixed point, is a circle.
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25. locus
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lō′kŭs, lō′sī Definitions: 1. A place; usually, a specific site. 2. The position that a gene occupies on a chromosome. 3. The position of a point, as defined by the coordinates on a graph.
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