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Is albinism an example of pleiotropy?


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Pleiotropy

  1. Pleiotropy is a phenomenon in which a single locus influences two or more seemingly unrelated phenotypic features, and is frequently discovered as a single mutation affecting two or more wild-type phenotypes.
  2. Yes, albinism is an example of pleiotropy.
  3. Albinism is an uncommon hereditary condition characterized by a lack of color in the hair, skin, and eyes.
  4. It is caused by a mutation in a single gene, the tyrosinase gene, and has a variety of phenotypic consequences relating to melanin formation.

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