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pleiotropic
Variant of pleiotropy
pleiotropy
definition
plei·ot·ropy (plī ä′trə pē)
noun
Genetics the condition in which a single gene exerts simultaneous effects on more than one character in the offspring
also pleiotropism plei·ot′·ro·pism′
Related Forms:
- pleiotropic plei′o·trop′ic (plī′ō träp′ik) adjective
- pleiotropically plei′o·trop′i·cally adverb
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