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The best example for pleiotropy is:
A
ABO Blood group
B
Skin colour
C
Phenylketoneuria
D
Colour Blindness
Detailed Solution
Phenylketonuria (PKU) is a classic example of pleiotropy, where a single mutant gene affects multiple phenotypic traits (affecting mental development, pigmentation, etc.), all traced back to a single gene defect.