Multiple choice

The term pleiotrophy refers to __________.

  1. combining genes from different species

  2. technique for identification of patterns that occur in DNA

  3. impact of single gene over several traits

  4. inheritance of complex characters that are determined by two or more genes

  5. a form of interaction between nonallelic genes in which one combination of such genes has a dominant effect over other combinations
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Explanation

Pleiotrophy refers to the control of several distinct and seemingly unrelated phenotypic effects (traits) by a single gene.

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