Question
How are Mendelian inheritance, polygenic inheritance and pleiotropy different from each other?
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Answer
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Mendelian Inheritance
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Polygenic inheritance
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Pleiotropy
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One gene controls one trait/ character/ phenotype.
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Two or more genes influence the expression of one trait/ character/ phenotype.
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One genes controls the expression of more than one trait/character/ phenotype.
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