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Pleiotropy (from Gr**** πλείων pleion, 'more', and τρόπος tropos, 'way')
occurs when one gene
influences two or more
seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits...
- The
antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis was
first proposed in a
broad 1952
paper on the
evolutionary theory of
ageing by
Peter Medawar and
developed further...
- In pharmacology,
pleiotropy includes all of a drug's
actions other than
those for
which the
agent was
specifically developed. It may
include adverse effects...
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Strawberry roan, or
chestnut roan, are
hippological terms referring to a rare
color of the
horse coat. The
strawberry roan coat
consists of a
mixture of...
- the
distribution of
allelic and
mutational effects, and
patterns of
pleiotropy, dominance, and epistasis.
There are
several different experimental views...
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classical theories of
evolution (mutation ac****ulation,
antagonistic pleiotropy, and
disposable soma)
suggest that
environmental factors, such as predation...
- Such a
genetic effect is
called the
antagonistic pleiotropy effect when
referring to a gene (
pleiotropy signifying the gene has a
double function – enabling...
- of
mutations (evolution of ageing),
disposable soma and
antagonistic pleiotropy hypothesis. The
molecular theories of
ageing include phenomena such as...
- ****tive
cause for the
broad changes seen in
domestication syndrome is
pleiotropy.
Pleiotropy occurs when one gene
influences two or more
seemingly unrelated...
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Biology of
Aging exploring a view of the
subject based on
antagonistic pleiotropy, the
hypothesis that
aging is
caused by
genes that have two effects, one...
