Suppose you are studying a fruit fly's DNA and you discover a gene that determines antenna length on chromosome 2. What term describes its location, and where can it be found in the DNA of other fruit flies?
Biology · High School · Sun Jan 24 2021
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- The term that describes the location of a gene on a chromosome is "locus."
- If a gene determining antenna length in a fruit fly is located on chromosome 2, the locus of this gene refers to its specific position or location on that chromosome. Other fruit flies of the same species would also have this gene located at the corresponding locus on their chromosome 2.
- Genes are typically found at specific loci on chromosomes, and these loci can be conserved within a species, meaning the same gene or genes controlling similar traits are often found in the same or similar positions in the chromosomes of individuals within that species.