Pleiotropy

Word PLEIOTROPY
Character 10
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /plaɪˈɑtɹəpi/

Definitions and meanings of "Pleiotropy"

What do we mean by pleiotropy?

The production of diverse effects, especially the production by a single gene of several distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects. noun

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

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

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

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

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The word "pleiotropy" in example sentences

The Modern Synthesis replaced "one gene – one trait" with "one gene – one enzyme", then added polygenesis and pleiotropy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Do you think that no real scientist has ever considered the effects of pleiotropy and epistasis? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Professor Flegr has mentioned also pleiotropy and epistatic interactions mentioned in PZMyers article using layman words. ❋ Unknown (2010)

They recognize a widespread phenomenon called ‘pleiotropy’, whereby genes have more than one effect, seemingly unconnected. ❋ RICHARD DAWKINS (2009)

In the real world genes often affect more than one trait (pleiotropy), or more than one gene affects a given trait (polygeny). ❋ Unknown (2007)

A similar phenomenon can occur at the phenotypic level through a genetic property known as pleiotropy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I suspect some kind of antagonistic pleiotropy may be at work. ❋ Kosmo (2008)

For $35 an hour, I obliged and watered down the material, removing all “advanced” content points, such as co-dominance and pleiotropy though these were subjects that I covered in the basic biology classes I taught a couple of years earlier. ❋ Jim Horn (2008)

Limitations and complications of the theory include changes in environment or genetic background, enzymes with sharply defined optima of activity, overdominance, pleiotropy, multifunctional enzymes and branched metabolic pathways. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The pleiotropy of this disease is reflected in symptoms, their severity and the molecular alterations that occurs. ❋ Anna Matynia Et Al. (2010)

The pleiotropy of the DM1 phenotypes are thought to result from a combination of these three effects, with the expression of CUG repeats playing a prominent role in the development of major aspects of the disease. ❋ Anna Matynia Et Al. (2010)

Janse DM, Tanay A, Shamir R, Church GM (2005) A global view of pleiotropy and phenotypically derived gene function in yeast. ❋ Ben Lehner (2010)

Liu PY, et al. Evidence for statin pleiotropy in humans. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"I came across this concept of antagonistic pleiotropy that certain genes can actually have opposite effects across the lifespan," he said. ❋ Unknown (2010)

TS, Tsang M, Friedmann M, Weatherbee JA, et al. (1995) The role of shared receptor motifs and common Stat proteins in the generation of cytokine pleiotropy and redundancy by IL-2, IL-4, IL-7, IL-13, and IL-15. ❋ Ryan M. O'Connell Et Al. (2010)

These mutations probably entail costs because of pleiotropy. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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