Authors
Citation
J. Hodgkin, 7 TYPES OF PLEIOTROPY, The International journal of developmental biology, 42(3), 1998, pp. 501-505
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Developmental Biology
Journal title
ISSN journal
02146282
Volume
42
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Pages
501 - 505
Database
ISI
SICI code
0214-6282(1998)42:3<501:>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
Pleiotropy, a situation in which a single gene influences multiple phe
notypic tra its, can arise in a variety of ways. This paper discusses
possible underlying mechanisms and proposes a classification of the va
rious phenomena involved.