Bring out the differences between pleiotropy and multiple allelism, with an example for each.

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Relationship among alleles of a single gene Description Example
Multiple alleles In the whole population. some genes have more than two alleles ABO blood group alleles $I^{A}, I^{B}, i$
Pleiotropy One gene is able to affect multiple phenotypic characters Sickle-cell disease

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Bring out the differences between pleiotropy and multiple allelism, with an example for each.

Relationship among alleles of a single gene Description Example Multiple alleles In the whole population. some genes have more than two alleles ABO blood group alleles IA,IB,i Pleiotropy One gene is able to affect multiple phenotypic characters Sickle-cell disease

Relationship among alleles of a single gene Description Example
Multiple alleles In the whole population. some genes have more than two alleles ABO blood group alleles $I^{A}, I^{B}, i$
Pleiotropy One gene is able to affect multiple phenotypic characters Sickle-cell disease