pleiotropy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism.
The existence of drug effects (especially beneficial effects) other than the one for which the drug was designed.

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pleiotropy pleiotropies

Coined by German zoologist Ludwig Plate in 1910, from Ancient Greek πλείων (pleíōn) + -tropy; by surface analysis, pleio- + -tropy.

polygeny

pleiotropic polypharmacology

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