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<p><a href="page.php?w=Image%3AChromosome.svg">thumb</a>In <a href="page.php?w=genetics">genetics</a>, a <b>locus</b> (: <b>loci</b>) is a specific, fixed position on a <a href="page.php?w=chromosome">chromosome</a> where a particular <a href="page.php?w=gene">gene</a> or <a href="page.php?w=genetic_marker">genetic marker</a> is located. Each chromosome carries many genes, with each gene occupying a different position or locus; in humans, the total number of <a href="page.php?w=Human_genome">protein-coding genes</a> in a complete <a href="page.php?w=haploid">haploid</a></p><p>
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