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

Question : Occasionally, a single gene, may express more than one effe

1.	Question : Occasionally, a single gene, may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called
Answer» Multiple allelism Mosaicism Pleiotropy Polygeny SOLUTION :Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called pleiotropy.(sickle CELL anemia) = Multiple allelism is more than 2 alternative forms of the same gene. (INHERITANCE of blood groups) = Mosaicism describes the occurance of cells that defer in their GENETIC component from other cells of the body or presence of more than one type of cell.(down syndrome) =Polygeny is the inheritance of the CHARACTERS in which one character is controlled by many genes and the intensity of the character depends upon number of dominant allele.(skin and eye colour)