position effect

Definitions of position effect
  1. noun
    (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
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    type of:
    consequence, effect, event, issue, outcome, result, upshot
    a phenomenon that follows and is caused by some previous phenomenon
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