See Also: pleiotropy(medicine)
pleiotropy(dictionary)

pleiotropy (iou)



pleiotropy noun. M20.
[from PLEIO- + Greek trope turn, turning: see -Y3.]
Genetics. The production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated phenotypic effects; an instance of this.
pleiotropic adjective pertaining to, exhibiting, or of the nature of pleiotropy M20.
pleiotropically adverb M20.
pleiotropism noun = PLEIOTROPY E20.