Pleiotropy !!!!!! - Cuntorio

Pleiotropy refers to genes that can affect more than one character. A gene may make just one polypeptide, but that polypeptide can affect a number of different properties of an organism. The hemoglobin gene, sickled cells cause a breakdown of red blood cells and a higher likelihood of red blood cell clumping, which can block blood vessels and cause impaired mental function and kidney failure,