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Definition of Pleiotropy
1. Noun. (genetics) The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism ¹
2. Noun. (pharmacology) The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually implies additional beneficial effects. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pleiotropy
1. [n -PIES]
Medical Definition of Pleiotropy
1. The ability of a single allele to have more than one distinguishable effect. Themost familiar example is the allele responsible for colour pattern inSiamese cats. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pleiotropy
Literary usage of Pleiotropy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Abstracts by Board of Control of Botanical Abstracts (1921)
"The author adds a theoretical discussion of nature of complex mutations and their
relationships to pleiotropy, dominant and recessive characters, ..."
2. Catalyzing Inquiry at the Interface of Computing and Biology by John C. Wooley, Herbert Lin (2005)
"... cell or organism.2 Such models must consider stochastic and deterministic
processes, complex pleiotropy, robustness through redundancy, modular design, ..."
3. Rice Science: Innovations and Impact for Livelihood by T. W. Mew, International Rice Research Institute (2003)
"QTLs affecting brix and total yield were mapped to opposite extremes of the 40-cM
introgressed segment and linkage of the two loci rather than pleiotropy ..."
4. Biotechnology, Agriculture, And Food Security in Southern Africa by Steven Were Omamo, Klaus von Grebmer (2005)
"... Drug and Cosmetic Act. As demonstrated in the next section, considering general
scientific knowledge concerning insertional mutagenesis, pleiotropy, ..."
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