A child's genetic testing reveals an alteration in the locus of genes on one chromosome. How would the nurse explain this finding to the child's parents?
1. "Your child has too many chromosomes."
2. "The position of the genes on one chromosome has changed."
3. "An allele on one gene is not in the correct spot."
4. "The gene's mRNA was altered."
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Rationale 1: Locus does not refer to the number of chromosomes.
Rationale 2: Locus refers to the position of the gene on the chromosome.
Rationale 3: An allele is a copy of the gene and does not refer to position.
Rationale 4: Messenger RNA transmits information about gene placement, but the term is not used to indicate where a gene is located.
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