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OpenStudy (anonymous):

how is sickle cell anemia an example of a pleiotropy?

thomaster (thomaster):

because the gene that causes sickle cell anemia when it's in homozygous condition, causes more effects than just the sickle-formed cells. Like the destruction of red blood cells, clustering of red blood cells and accumulation of red blood cells in the spleen.

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