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How is pleiotropy different from polygenic inheritance?

How is pleiotropy different from polygenic inheritance? Correct Answer A single gene can exhibit multiple expressions

Pleiotropy is different from polygenic inheritance due to the fact that a single gene can exhibit multiple phenotypic expressions whereas in polygenic inheritance multiple genes control a single character.

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