Principle of Inheritance and VariationHard
Question
Pleiotropic geneis
Options
A.haemophilia
B.thalassemia
C.sickle cell anaemia
D.colcurblindess
Solution
The ablilty of a gene to affect an organism in many ways is called Pleiotropic (Gr. pleion = more) and that gene is called as pleiotropic gene eg. Indilviduals heterozygous for the sickle cell anaemia (HbA HbS) aer resistant to malaria.
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