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4.Principles of Inheritance and Variation
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The phenomenon of a single gene regulating several phenotypes is called

A

Multiple allelism

B

epistasis

C

Incomplete dominance

D

Pleiotropism

Solution

The ability of a gene to have multiple effects is known as pleiotropy and this phenomenon pleiotropism. The basis of pleiotropy is the interrelationship between the metabolic pathways that may contribute towards different phenotypes.

Standard 12
Biology

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