Pleiotropy occurs when a single gene influences multiple, seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits.
When one gene control two or more different characters simultaneously, the phenomenon is called
Asked in UPPCS Prelims 2002 · Topic: Heredity (Polygenic Inheritance and Pleiotropy)
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