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Example of Pleiotropy
A very broad biological term describing the effect of a gene or alteration of a gene on a phenotype. Usage is created by the context, which can be complex. Some genes have a multiple range of effects across a range of traits and characteristics of organisms. If the subject gene alters, it will have a multiple range of effects on the organism, hence the descriptor operates as defining a type of condition. |
Examples of Pleiotropy:
| Phenylketonuria: Multiple effects on the subject including reactions to phenylalanine, hair loss, in some cases skin pigmentation. Arachnodactyly: Causes long fingers and other physical effects. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleiotropy https://www.biochem.northwestern.edu/holmgren/Glossary/Definitions/Def-P/pleiotropy.html |
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