Cystic fibrosis affects the lungs, the pancreas, the digestive system, and other organs, resulting in symptoms ranging from breathing difficulties to recurrent infections. Which of the following terms best describes this?

A) incomplete dominance
B) multiple alleles
C) pleiotropy
D) epistasis
E) codominance


Answer: C

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