what do you mean by pleiotropy? .
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Pleiotropy occurs when one gene will code and control the phenotype or expression of several different and unrelated traits. ... For example, phenylketonuria is a disease caused by pleiotropy. Sickle cell anemia is also a disease caused by pleiotropy.
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Pleiotropy (from Greek πλείων pleion, "more", and τρόπος tropos, "way") occurs when one gene influences two or more seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits. ... An example of pleiotropy is phenylketonuria, an inherited disorder that affects the level of phenylalanine in the human body.
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