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King George III of England and other members of the Royal Family were afflicted with a series of strance, seemingly unrelated symptoms including abdominal pain, rapid pulse, convulsions, and insanity. It has been determined that he likely suffered from porphyria, caused by a mutation in a single allele. What is the genetic term describing the alteration of multiple, distinct traits of an organism by a mutation in a single gene?

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1. King George III of England and other members of the Royal Family were afflicted with a series of strance, seemingly unrelated symptoms including abdominal pain, rapid pulse, convulsions, and insanity. It has been determined that he likely suffered from porphyria, caused by a mutation in a single allele. What is the genetic term describing the alteration of multiple, distinct traits of an organism by a mutation in a single gene?





 
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