Etymology

pleiotropy

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Today it means: The influence of a single gene on multiple phenotypic traits; pleiotropism. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πλείων
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπλείων
  2. English todaypleiotropy

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

Words from the same roots

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