pleiotropy

English - Turkish

Definition of pleiotropy in English Turkish dictionary

Bir genin birden fazla karaktere etki etmesi

English - English

Definition of pleiotropy in English English dictionary

The existence of drug effects other than the one for which the drug was designed; usually implies additional beneficial effects

The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism

(Genetics) the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects

The phenomenon of variable phenotypes for a number of distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects

{i} capacity of a isolated allele to have more than one distinguishable effect

One gene that causes many different physical traits such as multiple disease symptoms

The multiple effects genes can have (intended and unintended)

the phenomenon in which a single gene is responsible for a number of distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects

One gene leading to many different phenotypic expressions An excellent example of a gene with pleiotropic effects is the gene for myotonic dystrophy Affected individuals can have one or more of a range of signs and symptoms including characteristic Christmas-tree like cataracts, myotonia, narcolepsy, testicular atrophy, frontal balding, mental retardation, and cardiac abnormalities, among others Source : PhRMA Genomics

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