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Grade 12th passZoology

What is Morphan’s syndrome and which of the following type of genes cause it :
  1. epistatic genes
  2. codominant genes
  3. pleiotropic genes
  4. polymeric genes

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8 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer8 Years ago
Morphan’s/ Marfan syndrome is characterised by slender body, limb elongation. hypermobility in joints and tendency to develop heart disease, lens dilocation. The gene associated is a pleitropic gene which controls many phenotype.So as you can see that mutation infibrillin-1 (FBN1) gene has led to ocular(eye), skeletal, cardiovascular system problem.