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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.
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Biology