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I am currently writing the introduction to my thesis and I want to say that two genes are next to each other. I would like to use the word "proximity" without saying "close proximity" but am unsure whether it implies the closeness that I want the sentence to.

I have read the thread regarding "close proximity" as a tautology and fear that choosing to use it in my thesis will be considered unsophisticated or be marked as poor language usage.

I have considered using "beside" or "next to" as in "the genes are beside/next to each other" but feel that it is too unsophisticated.

In context, this is what I have:

"Both genes are located on chromosome 1 (for example) and their proximity suggests that both are ..."

I'm open to suggestions other than "proximity" as well.

You could use "adjacency" instead. That means "the quality of being directly next to."

I agree something like

"Both genes are located on chromosome 1 (for example) and their
coterminality suggests that both are

would seem contrived and open to questioning as more often used in legalise, also

"Both genes are located on chromosome 1 (for example) and their
congeniality suggests that both are

is likely to raise a genetic eyebrow or two.

adjacency, contiguity and propinquity

are near potentials.