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The best example of pleiotropy is:

A

Skin color

B

Phenylketonuria

C

Colour Blindness

D

ABO Blood group

Step-by-Step Solution

According to the text:

  1. Pleiotropy occurs when a single gene exhibits multiple phenotypic expressions. The text explicitly states, "An example of this is the disease phenylketonuria... This manifests itself through phenotypic expression characterised by mental retardation and a reduction in hair and skin pigmentation" .
  2. Skin color is an example of polygenic inheritance (controlled by three or more genes) .
  3. ABO Blood group is an example of multiple alleles and co-dominance .
  4. Colour Blindness is a sex-linked recessive disorder .
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