Chhattisgarh PMT Chhattisgarh PMT Solved Paper-2007

  • question_answer
    Which of the following is an example of pleiotropic gene ?                                                                          

    A)  Thalassemia     

    B)  Haemophilia

    C)  Colour blindness            

    D)  Sickle cell anaemia

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    Pleiotropic genes are the genes, which influence more than one trait for example, the allele that causes the erythrocytes to have a distored form in sickle-cell anaemia also causes there blood cells to rupture easily, thereby inducing anaemia.


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