transvection

Meaning

Noun

• An epigenetic interaction between an allele on one chromosome and the corresponding allele on the homologous chromosome
• A kind of linear mapping which leaves all points on one axis fixed, while other points are shifted parallel to the axis by a distance proportional to their perpendicular distance from the axis
• The act of supernatural flight, such as by a witch.

Related

Similar words

• trans-sensing
• shear

Origin

• transvect + -ion. Coined in the genetic sense by Edward B. Lewis in 1954.