NEET Biology question

Genes with multiple phenotypic effects are known as

(A)Hypostatic genes
(B)Duplicate genes
(C)Pleiotropic genesCorrect
(D)Complementary genes

Answer: (C)

Solution

A gene that produces multiple, distinct phenotypic effects simultaneously is called a pleiotropic gene, and the phenomenon itself is pleiotropy. Hypostatic genes (a) are genes whose expression is masked by an

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