Part A Define and distinguish epistasis and pleiotropy Drag the terms on the lef

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Part A Define and distinguish epistasis and pleiotropy Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences. Reset Help epistasis phenotype more than one gene genotype only a single gene pleiotropy indicates that two or more genes interact to contribute to a particular phenotype indicates that one mutant allele contributes to two or more mutant phenotypes. Epistasis and pleiotropy can be distinguished by inheritance patterns in pedigrees or from crosses. If the inheritance pattern of one indicates that is segregating, then is occurring. If two or more phenotypes are inherited together in a pattern that indicates that is segregating. then is occurring Submit Request Answer

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Epistasis indicates that two or more genes interact to contribute to a particular phenotype Pleiotropy indicates that one mutant allele contributes to two or more mutant phenotypes Epistasis and pleiotropy can be distinguished by inheritance pattern. If the inheritance pattern of genotype indicates that more than one gene is segregating then episrasis is occurring. If two or more phenotypes are inherited together in a pattern that indicates that only a single gene is segregating, then pleiotropy is occurring.

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