position effect

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Hypernyms

result effect event issue consequence outcome

Examples

One of the classic experiments is by Ebbinghaus, who found the serial position effect where information from the beginning and end of list of random words were better recalled than those in the center. Source: Internet

The two main concepts in the serial position effect are recency and primacy. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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