position effect

1. 1.

   (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome

   Broaderconsequence

   genetics

Questions about position effect

What does position effect mean?

position effect means "(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome".

Is position effect a common word?

position effect is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.