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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
pleiotropy /plʌɪˈɒtrəpi/

▶noun Genetics the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects.

– derivatives
pleiotropic /-ˈtrəʊpɪk, -ˈtrɒpɪk/ adjective,
pleiotropism noun.

– origin 1930s: from Gk pleiōn ‘more’ + tropē ‘turning’.

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