A condition in which a single mutant gene affects more than one distinct characteristic of an individual is referred to as _______ and often leads to a syndrome.
A condition in which a single mutant gene affects more than one distinct characteristic of an individual is referred to as Pleiotropy.
What is Pleiotropy?
Pleiotropy occurs when one gene influences two or more seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits.
Such a gene that exhibits multiple phenotypic expressions is called a Pleiotropic gene.
Pleiotropy can arise from several distinct but potentially overlapping mechanisms, such as gene pleiotropy, developmental pleiotropy, and selectional pleiotropy.
An example of pleiotropy is phenylketonuria.
So, when a single trait mutant gene controls more than one trait it is called Pleiotropy and it can cause the various syndrome.
