1) Pleiotropism
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Pleiotropy occurs when one gene influences multiple, seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits, an example being phenylketonuria, which is a human disease that affects multiple systems but is caused by one gene defect. Consequently, a mutation in a pleiotropic gene may have an effect on some or all traits simultaneously. Pleiotropic gene action can li...
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[drugs] In pharmacology, pleiotropy refers to a drug`s actions, usually unanticipated, other than those for which the agent was specifically developed. It may include adverse effects which are detrimental ones, but is often used to denote additional beneficial effects. For example, statins are HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors that primarily act...
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(from the article `heredity`) ...of independent traits, each determined by one gene. A `trait` is really an abstraction, a term of convenience in description. One gene may affect ...
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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) ...
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(pli-ot´rә-pe) the production by a single gene of multiple phenotypic effects. The term is often used to refer to a single gene defect that is expressed as problems in multiple systems of the body, such as in osteogenesis imperfecta, where the gene defect affects several different systems that contain collagen.
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The phenomenon of variable phenotypes for a number of distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic ef
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The phenomenon by which a single gene has more than one phenotypic expression.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: plī-ot′rō-pē, plī-ō-trō′pē-ă Definitions: 1. Production by a single mutant gene of apparently unrelated multiple effects at the clinical or phenotypic level.
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pleiotropism, pleiotropy 1. The presence of multiple, seemingly unrelated, characters due to the action of a single genetic locus; pleiotropy, pleiotropia, polypheny. 2. A condition of being pleiotropic.
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