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Pleiotropy

Question

The disease in which affected individual lacks an enzyme that converts the amino acid phenylalanine into tyrosine is an example of:

Easy

A

Pleiotropy
B

Co-dominance
C

Incomplete dominance
D

Duplicate gene interaction

Solution

Phenylketonuria is an example for single gene mutation influencing more than one phenotypes (pleiotropic gene) such as reduction in hair, mental retardation and reduction in skin pigmentation.

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