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pleiotropic

[ plahy-uh-trop-ik, -troh-pik ]

adjective

  1. Genetics. responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic:

    Scientists are trying to determine if the various effects of pleiotropic genes are sensitive in different ways to different environmental influences.



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  • plei·o·trop·ic·al·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

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Example Sentences

Darwin called the same phenomenon the “correlation of growth” and geneticist today study what they call “pleiotropic effects.”

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