Alpha-Globin Locus Request inclusion into relevant ontology perhaps below "Genetic Locus"/"Globin Locus" (also to be included) in MESH. SCDO (Jade Hotchkiss) None Alpha-Globin Gene Cluster A region of chromosome 16 that includes five functional genes and two pseudogenes. The order of genes is: 5' - zeta - pseudozeta - mu - pseudoalpha-1 - alpha-2 -alpha-1 - theta1 - 3'. It is responsible for the creation of the alpha parts (roughly half) of the oxygen transport protein Hemoglobin. Globin Locus