The correct answer is pleiotropy.
Pleiotropy occurs when a single gene influences multiple phenotypic traits or systems in the body, which is the case described where the mutation affects the immune system, lungs, heart, and kidneys.
Question
A genetic disease is found in a family that affects the immune system, lungs, heart, and kidneys. A DNA analysis of several affected and unaffected family members determines that the disease is caused by a mutation in a single gene. What type of inheritance pattern is shown in this disease?(1 point)
Responses
polygenic trait
polygenic trait
incomplete dominance
incomplete dominance
pleiotropy
pleiotropy
codominance
codominance
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