NEET AIPMT SOLVED PAPER 2002

  • question_answer
                    Pleiotropic gene is:                                                                                                                                         

    A)                 haemophilia                      

    B)                 thalassemia       

    C)                 sickle cell anaemia

    D)                 colour blindness

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

                    The ability of a gene to affect an organism in many ways is called Pleiotropy (Greek: Pleion - more) and that gene is called as pleiorropic gene.                 e.g., individuals heterozygous for the sickle cell anaemia \[(H{{b}^{A}}H{{b}^{S}})\] are resistant to malaria.


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