locus

lɔkys

loci

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Definition of locus - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

génétique

TECH.

emplacement précis d'un gène sur un chromosome

TECH.

Les chercheurs ont identifié le locus responsable de cette maladie.

archéologie

TECH.

zone délimitée lors de fouilles archéologiques

TECH.

L'équipe a découvert des poteries dans ce locus.

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locus amoenus

motif littéraire décrivant un paysage idéal doux et harmonieux

Le roman s'ouvre sur un locus amoenus près d'une source.

gène du locus de floraison C

gène qui empêche la floraison des plantes avant vernalisation

Le gène du locus de floraison C régule le moment de la floraison.

locus niger

région du cerveau qui contrôle les mouvements

Le locus niger est affecté dans la maladie de Parkinson.

Origin of locus

latin, locus (lieu)

Examples of locus in a sentence

Le locus étudié se trouve sur le chromosome 12.
Chaque locus est soigneusement numéroté sur le plan.
Les archéologues analysent les objets trouvés dans chaque locus.

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English:locus, excavation area, ...
German:Lokus, Locus, ...
Italian:locus, area di scavo, ...
Spanish:locus, sector arqueológico, ...
Portuguese:locus, área de escavação, ...
Chinese:基因座, 探方, ...
Japanese:遺伝子座, 区画, ...
Arabic:موضع جيني, موقع أثري محدد, ...
Hebrew:לוֹקוּס, מוֹקֵד חֲפִירָה, ...
Russian:локус, раскопочный участок, ...
Ukrainian:локус, ділянка розкопок, ...
Catalan:locus, ...
Danish:locus, fundområde, ...
Dutch:locus, vindplaats, ...
Greek:τόπος, λόκος, ...
Khmer:ឡូកុស, តំបន់កំណត់ព្រំដែនក្នុងការជីកកកាយបុរាណវិទ្យា, ...
Korean:유전자 좌위, 구역, ...
Polish:locus, lokus, ...
Portuguese (BR):locus, setor, ...
Romanian:locus, unitate de săpătură, ...
Swedish:locus, fyndområde, ...
Thai:โลคัส, บริเวณขุดค้น, ...
Turkish:lokus, kazı alanı, ...
Vietnamese:vị trí gen, khu vực khảo cổ, ...

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Definition of locus - Reverso French Dictionary

Noun, masculine

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