PLEIOTROPIC


Meaning of PLEIOTROPIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌplī-ə-ˈtrō-pik, -ˈträ- ]

adjective

Date: 1938

: producing more than one effect ; especially : having multiple phenotypic expressions

a pleiotropic gene

• plei·ot·ro·py plī-ˈä-trə-pē noun

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