Loci

"By the way, do you know what a Shinto shrine is?" "I've a little bit of knowledge on the subject. It's a religious facility where that which is the object of worship, that called the genius loci, is enshrined."

The project collects DNA samples and analyzes chromosomal locations, known as loci, to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences in human beings.

Next generation sequencing or a range of nuclear loci for Sanger sequencing will be used for higher level phylogenetic questions.