HyperDic: position_effect

English > 1 sense of the expression position effect:
NOUNphenomenonposition effect(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
English > position effect: 1 sense > noun 1, phenomenon
Meaning(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome.
Categorygenetics, genetic scienceThe branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms
Broaderconsequence, effect, outcome, result, event, issue, upshotA phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon

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