pleiotropy in English
noun
1
the production by a single gene of two or more apparently unrelated effects.
If gene effects on the trait and fitness are correlated due to pleiotropy , genes of large effect on the trait will remain at much lower frequencies.
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1. Cytokines exhibit induction of following attributes: i ) Pleiotropy: a given cytokine has different biological effects on different target cell