Self Assessment Answer # 7 for Lesson 5 by Dr Jamie Love 2002 - 2005

A position on a chromosome is called a locus. Genetic information is contained at each locus. Each gene, bit of genetic information, has a position - a locus.

Loci is the plural of locus. Different genes reside at different loci. Two genes cannot share the same locus, so they must be at different loci.

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