locus /lo·cus/ (lo´kus) pl. lo´ci, lo´ca [L.]
locus
1. place; site.
2. in genetics, the specific site of a gene on a chromosome.
locus caeru´leus a pigmented eminence in the superior angle of the floor of the fourth ventricle of the brain.
lo·cus (l  k s)n. pl. lo·ci (-s   , -k , -k) 1. A place; site. 2. The position that a given gene occupies on a chromosome. |
locus
a specific place or position, such as the locus of a particular gene on a chromosome.
locus
pl. loci [L.] place; 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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