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Genetic Pleiotropy
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Definition
: A phenomenon in which multiple and diverse phenotypic outcomes are influenced by a single gene (or single gene product.)
may appear in the literature spelled pleiotrophic, pleiotrophy or pleiotrophism
Other names
Pleiotropy, Genetic; Pleiotropism, Genetic; Genes, Pleiotropic; Gene, Pleiotropic; Pleiotropic Genes; Pleiotropic Gene; Genetic Pleiotropism