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Occasionally, a single gene may express ...

Occasionally, a single gene may express more than one effect. The phenomenon is called

A

Multiple allelism

B

Mosaicism

C

Pleitropy

D

Polygeny

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C
Pleiotropy is a phenomenon in which a single gene exhibiting more than one character on the other hand polygeny refers that one character is controlled by more than one gene.
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