MCQ
The best example for pleiotropy is
- A$ABO$ Blood group
- BSkin colour
- ✓Phenylketoneuria
- DColour Blindness
✓
Answer
Correct option: C.
Phenylketoneuria
c
Pleiotropic gene can exhibit multiple phenotypic expression.
Pleiotropic gene can exhibit multiple phenotypic expression.
An example of this is the disease phenylketonuria.
ABO blood group- Multiple allelism
Skin colour- Shows polygenic inheritance
Colour blindness $-$ Mendelian disorder
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