pleiotropy

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism. countable,uncountable
    — This experimental design is analogous to the experiment that we performed to test whether antagonistic pleiotropy operates as a genetic mechanism in the evolution of late-life mortality rate plateaus.
  2. The existence of drug effects (especially beneficial effects) other than the one for which the drug was designed. countable,uncountable

词形变化

pleiotropies plural

词汇关系

相关词
pleiotropic polypharmacology

词源

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