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pleiotrope

pleiotrope noun: a pleiotropic gene.

Noun

pleiotrope (plural pleiotropes)

  1. A pleiotropic gene

Forms of pleiotrope

pluralpleiotropes

Questions about pleiotrope

What does pleiotrope mean?
Pleiotrope means a pleiotropic gene.
What part of speech is pleiotrope?
Pleiotrope is a noun.
What is the plural of pleiotrope?
The plural of pleiotrope is pleiotropes.

Words near pleiotrope in the dictionary

  1. pleiophyly
  2. pleiopod
  3. pleiopods
  4. pleiopus
  5. pleiotaxy
  6. pleiotrope
  7. pleiotropes
  8. pleiotrophic
  9. pleiotrophin
  10. pleiotrophy
  11. pleiotropic

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