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Locus meaning
A place or locality, especially a centre of activity or the scene of a crime. | The set of all points whose coordinates satisfy a given equation or condition. | A fixed position on a string of DNA or RNA, especially a chromosome, that may be occupied by one or more genes.
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If both alleles at a gene (or locus) on the homologous chromosomes are the same, they and the organism are homozygous with respect to that gene (or locus).
In 2012, A Dance With Dragons made the final ballot for science fiction and fantasy's Hugo Award, World Fantasy Award, Locus Poll Award, and the British Fantasy Award; the novel went on to win the Locus Poll Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
Interestingly, deletions at the PLP1 locus (which are rarer) cause a milder form of PMD than is observed with the typical duplication mutations, which demonstrates the critical importance of gene dosage at this locus for normal CNS function.
In these species, haploids are male and diploids heterozygous at the sex locus are female, but occasionally a diploid will be homozygous at the sex locus and develop as a male, instead.
One popular locus for fingerprinting was the D1S80 locus.
Even the merch tent, sometimes a locus of insanity with long lines, was doing merely steady business.
Except for Macron, this is true of many European leaders, who understand the true locus of their security.
Hard to miss in this dance is also the power of global cricket’s locus.
He explained that the action of the plaintiffs in suing the senator is not an internal affair of the party as claimed and that they have locus standi to institute the action against him since they are registered members of the party.
In the originating summons dated and filed on August 31, 2020, the lawyer prayed the court to determine whether he had the locus standi to institute the proceeding.
Investors seeking to trade Locus Chain should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, or Gemini.
Locus is considered a legendary fighter whose fighting record is incredible.
President Tinubu and Shettima had earlier contended the locus standi to institute the petition on the grounds that Peter Obi only joined the LP a few days before the primary election instead of the mandatory 30 days.
Rather, we are a locus within the historic Communion for orthodox Anglican churches who want to be faithful to 'the faith once delivered' (Jude 3).
SuRo Capital's top five positions as of June 30 were Learneo Colombier, now PSQ Holdings, Blink Health, Stormwind and Locus Robotics.
There is a liberalisation of the concept of locus standi when it involves constitutional matters.
The respondents to the suit had in their various applications urged the court to set aside the restraining orders, contending that the petitioners lacked locus standi to file the suit.
The suit instituted against President Muhammadu Buhari and four others by an Abuja-based activist, Michael Sam Idoko, was dismissed by the court for lack of locus standi.
The term “locus” is often used in geometry to describe the path traced out by a point or a set of points as they move under certain conditions.
They argued that the PDP lacked the locus standi to institute the action as neither a contestant nor a member of the party, among others.