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position effect

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.80 in modern English

Syllables
po-si-tion -ef-fect
IPA
24
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

n

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

Questions

What does position effect mean?
(genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome

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