pleiotropism /plei·ot·ro·pism/ (pli-ot´rah-pizm) pleiotropy.
pleiotropy [pli-ot´rŏ-pe]
plei·ot·ro·pism (pl - t r -p z m) or plei·ot·ro·py (-p )n. The control by a single gene of several distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects. plei o·tropic (pl-trpk, -tr pk) adj. |
pleiotropy [pli-ot´rŏ-pe]
the production by a single gene of multiple phenotypic effects. The term is often used to refer to a single gene defect that is expressed as problems in multiple systems of the body, such as in osteogenesis imperfecta, where the gene causes defects in several different systems that contain collagen.
pleiotropism, pleiotropy
the production by a single gene of multiple phenotypic effects.
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