pleiotropy

n.

（基因）多效性；

1. The creation of multiple effects by a single gene is called pleiotropy.
   单一基因所产生的多重效应为基因多效性。

Evidence for Statin Pleiotropy in Humans
Pleiotropy in the melanocortin system, coloration and behavioural syndromes
Pleiotropy and redundancy: T cell-derived lymphokines in the immune response
Demethylation-induced developmental pleiotropy in Arabidopsis.
Developmental Integration and the Evolution of Pleiotropy
Beyond the laboratory: clinical implications for statin pleiotropy.
Bivariate quantitative trait linkage analysis: pleiotropy versus co-incident linkages
Experimental studies of pleiotropy and epistasis in Escherichia coli. I. Variation in competitive fitness among mutants resistant to...
Genetics of drought adaptation in Arabidopsis thaliana: I. Pleiotropy contributes to genetic correlations among ecological traits [R...
The role of shared receptor motifs and common stat proteins in the generation of cytokine pleiotropy and redundancy by IL-2, IL-4, I...