| 释义 |
variegated position effect variegated position effect[′ver·ē·ə‚gād·əd pə¦zish·ən i‚fekt] (genetics) A phenomenon observed in some cases when a chromosome aberration causes a wild-type gene from euchromatin to be relocated adjacent to heterochromatin; the phenotypic expression of the wild-type allele will be unstable, producing patches of phenotypically mutant tissue that differ from the surrounding wild-type tissue. |