NEET Biology question

BiologyPrinciples of Inheritance and VariationNEET

Which of the following diseases is governed by pleiotropic genes?

Answer: (A)

Solution

The sickle-cell allele is a classic example of pleiotropy, since a single gene mutation affects red blood cell shape and simultaneously produces multiple other effects throughout the body (anaemia, organ damage, malarial

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