遺い伝でん子し座ざ

Similar words

• 遺い伝でん子し

  遺伝子 (gene) is the unit of heredity, while 遺伝子座 (genetic locus) is the physical location of that gene on a chromosome.

• 染せん色しょく体たい

  染色体 (chromosome) is the structure that contains genes; 遺伝子座 refers to a specific position on that structure.

Etymology

Compound of 遺伝子 (gene) and 座 (seat, position), literally 'gene seat'. A calque from English 'genetic locus'.