RE: Opposite of antagonistic pleiotropy

From: Ramez Naam (mez@apexnano.com)
Date: Wed Apr 02 2003 - 10:19:15 MST

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    From: Anders Sandberg [mailto:asa@nada.kth.se]
    > Just a quick question to the bright beings on this list: what
    > is the opposite of antagonistic pleiotropy? AP is when a gene
    > has a positive function in youth and a detrimental in old
    > age. But what do you call a gene that does the same thing all
    > the time, but this function is good in youth and bad in old
    > age? Is it also called AP? It is the pleiotropy part that I
    > am worried about, since the gene does not change behavior
    > in any way.

    I'd still call this antagonistic pleiotropy. The gene's 1st order
    behavior may not be changing, but its overall impact on the organism
    is.

    mez



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