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poizon [28]
3 years ago
12

Around 40% of cats with white fur and blue eyes are deaf. The gene responsible is pleiotropic. What does this mean?

Biology
2 answers:
Fed [463]3 years ago
8 0
Pleiotropy occurs when one gene influences multiple, seemingly unrelated phenotypic traits. A single gene is responsible for pigmentation and hearing.
vladimir2022 [97]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

When a single gene is responsible for controlling multiple traits then the gene is said to be pleiotropic.

Explanation:

  • A pleiotropic gene is a gene that controls many functions and thus, a mutation in this single gene is going to show its effect in several traits.
  • Since, the gene responsible for white fur in cats is also responsible for eye colour and hearing and thus, it controls more than one trait and hence, it is pleiotropic.

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