Inheritance

11.3 - Genes and Alleles

Definition of Locus

Locus means a specific location of a gene on a chromosome. There are many genes on one chromosome. Allele is an alternative form of a gene.

Figure 7

Figure 7 - Locus, genes and alleles on a homologous chromosome.

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