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A young boy named Arjun has sickle-shaped red blood cells. He experiences frequent fatigue and shows signs of damage to his kidney. Genetic analysis reveals a single point mutation in the gene - Biology (Theory)

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प्रश्न

A young boy named Arjun has sickle-shaped red blood cells. He experiences frequent fatigue and shows signs of damage to his kidney. Genetic analysis reveals a single point mutation in the gene coding for β-globin.

Which one of the following genetic phenomena is most likely responsible for the multiple symptoms observed in Arjun?

विकल्प

  • Polygenic inheritance

  • Codominance

  • Pleiotropy

  • Incomplete dominance

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उत्तर

Pleiotropy

Explanation:

This is pleiotropy because one gene mutation (β-globin) produces multiple phenotypic effects such as sickling of RBCs, fatigue (anaemia) and kidney damage.

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