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Word: Pleiotropy
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
1930s: from Greek pleiōn ‘more’ + tropē ‘turning’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
plʌɪˈɒtrəpi
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects.
Short Definition:production by single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects
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