Pleiotropy

What is Pleiotropy?


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The genetic phenomenon of a single gene influencing several of an organism's traits.

To demonstrate pleiotropy, we inserted a plasmid with a gene into E. coli that made it resistant to antibiotics and extremely virulent.

See gene, genetics, phenotype, trait, biology


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