Sickly cell anemia is a disease whose phenotype includes not only anemia, but damage to many different organs. All phenotypes, however, can be traced to a single gene. This is an example of
A. mulitple alleles
B. incomplete dominance
C. codominance
D. dominance
E. pleiotropy
A. mulitple alleles
B. incomplete dominance
C. codominance
D. dominance
E. pleiotropy
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E. pleiotropy
A single gene influences the expression of a number of phenotypes.
Pleio- means greater in quantity
-trope here it means the gene's expression is used in ways not directly obvious to it. The protein product is expressed so it is involved in multiple pathways.
A single gene influences the expression of a number of phenotypes.
Pleio- means greater in quantity
-trope here it means the gene's expression is used in ways not directly obvious to it. The protein product is expressed so it is involved in multiple pathways.