PLEIOTROPIC


Meaning of PLEIOTROPIC in English

adj.

Pronunciation: ˌ pl ī - ə - ' tr ō -pik, - ' trä-

Function: adjective

Date: 1938

: producing more than one effect especially : having multiple phenotypic expressions <a pleiotropic gene>

– plei · ot · ro · py \ pl ī - ' ä-tr ə -p ē \ noun

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