Question
How are Mendelian inheritance, polygenic inheritance and pleiotropy different from each other?
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Answer
| Mendelian Inheritance | Polygenic inheritance | Pleiotropy |
| One gene controls one trait/ character/ phenotype. | Two or more genes influence the expression of one trait/ character/ phenotype. | One genes controls the expression of more than one trait/character/ phenotype. |
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