Seven types of pleiotropy.
Pleiotropy, a situation in which a single gene influences multiple phenotypic traits, can arise in a variety of ways. This paper discusses possible underlying mechanisms and proposes a classification of the various phenomena involved.
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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge, United Kingdom. jah@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D015509:Developmental Biology; D005796:Genes / Q000502:physiology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010641:Phenotype