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pleiotropism
plei·ot·ro·pism [ plī óttrə pìzzəm ] (plural plei·ot·ro·pisms) or plei·ot·ro·py [ plī óttrəpee ] (plural plei·ot·ro·pies)


noun 
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gene property: the phenomenon in which a single gene determines two or more apparently unrelated characteristics of the same organism, or an instance of this

plei·o·tro·pic [ pl ə tróppik ] adjective
plei·o·tro·pi·cal·ly adverb
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