When a single gene influences more than one traits it is called: - Vidyadip

MCQ

When a single gene influences more than one traits it is called:

✓
Pleiotropy.
B
Epistasis.
C
Pseudodominance.
D
None of these.

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Answer

Correct option: A.

Pleiotropy.

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