PLEIOTROPY


Meaning of PLEIOTROPY in English

— 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 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .