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NEET 2015
Exam
NEET
Year
2015
Subject
Zoology
Chapter
Principles of Inheritance and Variation

NEET 2015 · Zoology · Principles of Inheritance and Variation

A pleiotropic gene

A pleiotropic gene

Options

  1. Ais a gene evolved during Pliocene.
  2. Bcontrols a trait only in combination with another gene.
  3. Ccontrols multiple traits in an individual.
  4. Dis expressed in only primitive plants.

Correct answer

C. controls multiple traits in an individual.

Step-by-step solution

It is a single gene that controls multiple traits in an individual. Examples of pleiotropy are phenylketonuria, albinism, sickle cell anemia, autism and schizophrenia.
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