Principle Of Inheritance And Variation Question 110
Question: Which of the following is associated with multiple phenotypes [CPMT 1999;AIIMS 2000; JIPMER 2001; AFMC 2001]
Options:
A) Epistasis
B) Pleiotropy
C) Polygenic inheritance
D) Mutation
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Answer:
Correct Answer: B
Solution:
Responsibility of a single gene for more than one phenotypic effect, often seemingly unrelated is known as pleiotropy.