What is the name of genes exhibiting multiple effects?

Complementary genes

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Pleiotropic genes

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Cistrons

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Pseudogenes

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Solution

The correct option is B Pleiotropic genes
When one gene or gene cluster has multiple effects (more than one phenotype) it is called a pleiotropic gene. The phenomenon is called pleiotropism.

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	Column I		Column II
A.	A single trait controlled by three or more than three alleles	(i)	Pleiotropy
B.	A single trait controlled by three or more than three genes	(ii)	Multiple alleles
C.	A single gene exhibits multiple phenotypic expression	(iii)	Polygenic inheritance

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