Multiple choice

If medical student discovered that there is a single human gene responsible for all of the various forms of physical deterioration commonly associated with cancer, it would be referred to as

  1. a modifying gene

  2. pleiotropy

  3. regulator genes

  4. operator gene
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Pleiotropy is a genetic inheritance pattern in which a single gene causes or affects an entire series of traits.

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