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homeolocus

noun

Etymology

From homeo- + locus.

  1. learned borrowing from locus
  2. prefixed as homeolocus — “homeo + locus”

Definitions

  1. One of several loci that have the same sequence of nucleotides.

    • A possible reason for the appearance of homozygous genotypes may be silencing mutations at one homeolocus at the tetrapolid level that the autogamous breeding system maintains as different lineages (MLILs).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for homeolocus. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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