pleiotropy

pleiotropy
plei·ot·ro·py plī-'ä-trə-pē n, pl -pies the quality or state of being pleiotropic

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n.
a situation in which a single gene is responsible for more than one effect in the phenotype. The mutation of such a gene will therefore have multiple effects.
pleiotropic adj.

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plei·ot·ro·py (pli-otґrə-pe) [pleio- + -tropy] the production by a single gene of multiple, apparently unrelated, phenotypic effects. pleiotropic adj

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  • pleiotropy — pleiotropy. См. политопия. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) …   Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.

  • pleiotropy — 1939, from Ger. pleiotrop, from Gk. pleion “greater in quantity, the more part, very many,” comp. of polys much, from PIE *ple (see POLY (Cf. poly )) + trope “turn, turning” (see TROPE (Cf. trope)). Related: Pleiotropic …   Etymology dictionary

  • pleiotropy — [plī ä′trə pē] n. [ PLEIO + TROPY] Genetics the condition in which a single gene exerts simultaneous effects on more than one character in the offspring: also pleiotropism pleiotropic [plī΄ō träp′ik] adj. pleiotropically adv …   English World dictionary

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  • pleiotropy — noun see pleiotropic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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  • pleiotropy — pleiotropic /pluy euh trop ik, troh pik/, adj. pleiotropically, adv. /pluy o treuh pee/, n. Genetics. the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic. [1935 40; PLEIO + TROPY] * * * …   Universalium

  • pleiotropy — noun a) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism b) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually implies additional beneficial effects. See Also: pleiotropic …   Wiktionary

  • pleiotropy — n. capacity of a isolated allele to have more than one distinguishable effect …   English contemporary dictionary

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