MCQ
Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called:
- AMultiple allelism.
- BMosaicism.
- CPleiotropy.
- DPolygeny.
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Answer
- Pleiotropy.
Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called pleiotropy.
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