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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Variation in the expression of a gene resulting from changes in its location within a chromosome or genome.
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- noun (genetics) the effect on the expression of a gene that is produced by changing its location in a chromosome
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