The phrase "an ancillary effect" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a secondary or additional effect that occurs alongside a primary effect, often in contexts such as medicine, economics, or social sciences.
Example: "The new policy had an ancillary effect of increasing community engagement among residents."
Alternatives: "a secondary effect" or "a supplementary effect".
But the decision had an ancillary effect that ended up being much more important than its holding: It made judges the gatekeepers of scientific evidence.
Fortis is an ancillary effect, a one-time thing.
This suggests that the latter SNP was the actual responsible of the association, whereas the SNP at the intron 6 has only an ancillary effect.
Therefore, this is an ancillary effect of sitagliptin and it is independent from blood glucose levels.
In this study, we show for the first time that sitagliptin increases EPCs in type 2 diabetic patients, as an ancillary effect of DPP-4 inhibition, possibly mediated by the SDF-1α/CXCR4 axis.
It's a minor victory for Argentina, but in this case it may have a ancillary effect, signaling a reversal of fortune for the country.
However, because achievement covaries with socioeconomic status to a very strong extent, social segregation is an undesirable ancillary effect of tracking.
The move isn't just an issue of saving money, though that is a nice ancillary effect.
And, notes Eileen Costello, a pediatrician in Boston and co-author of the book "Quirky Kids: Understanding and Helping Your Child Who Doesn't Fit In," spending time and money on noble-minded alternative remedies like vision therapy may have a positive, ancillary effect on parents.
It also allows sight of the primal conditions from which all ancillary effects proceed.
Its ancillary effect is a marginal disruption of the feudal system that brings enormous wealth to owners of yellow-taxi fleets, in possession of medallions that now cost more than $1 million apiece, as drivers themselves struggle to make any sort of reasonable living.
