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Locus: See Genetic locus

Locus (Pl. Loci): The position on a chromosome of a gene or other chromosome marker: also, the dna at that position. The use of locus is sometimes restricted to mean regions of dna that are expressed. See gen . . . View Full Definition

Locus Classicus: (Latin, 'classic place') A passage often cited as authoritative or illustrative on a particular point or subject. For instance, when it comes to explaining what a neologism is, the opening l . . . View Full Definition

Genetic Locus: A location on a chromosome (possibly of a diploid organism with variants that segregate according to the rules of Mendelian heredity)

Locust (Salabhasana): A backbend. Lie on your stomach. Raise both legs up behind the body.

Locus Amoenus: (Latin, 'pleasant place') A pleasant locale and time, traditionally a green Edenic garden on a temperate but sunny spring day--especially in the month of May. This is the traditional setting . . . View Full Definition

Localize: Determination of the original position (locus) of a gene or other marker on a chromosome.

Autospasy: The loss of appendages by breaking them at a predetermined locus of weakness when pulled by an outside form: frequent in spiders and arachnids.

Epistasis: The masking of the effects of one gene by the action of another, example: widows peak masked by the baldness gene.

Coisogenic Or Congenic: Nearly identical strains of an organism: they vary at only a single locus.