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′

Etymology: pleio- + -tropy

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