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Pleitropy is a condition in which a sing...

Pleitropy is a condition in which a single gene

A

Controls only one phenotype

B

Controls more than one phenotype

C

Does not control any phenotype

D

None of these

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The correct Answer is:
B
Polygene refers that many genes controlling one character and pleiotrophy refers that one gene controlling more than one character.
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