Pleiotropy
BIOXII05: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION

342605 Pleiotropic gene

1 One gene regulates many phenotypic
characters
2 One gene one character
3 Multiple allelism
4 Polygenic inheritance
BIOXII05: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION

342606 Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called:

1 Multiple allelism
2 Mosaicism
3 Pleiotropy
4 Polygeny
BIOXII05: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION

342605 Pleiotropic gene

1 One gene regulates many phenotypic
characters
2 One gene one character
3 Multiple allelism
4 Polygenic inheritance
BIOXII05: PRINCIPLES OF INHERITANCE AND VARIATION

342606 Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called:

1 Multiple allelism
2 Mosaicism
3 Pleiotropy
4 Polygeny