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What is meant by pleiotropy?

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There are instances where a single gene can exhibit multiple phenotypic expressions. Such a gene is called a pleiotropic gene. An example can be the gene that controls starch-synthesis as well as the shape of seeds in pea plants or the disease Phenylketonuria caused in humans. 

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