Dryopithecus is considered as the common ancestor of the apes and man. 

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PLEIOTROPY

When a gene affects many aspects of the phenotype, it is said to be pleiotropic.

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Complementation test 

Determining whether two mutations associated with a specific phenotype represent two different forms of the same gene (alleles) or are variations of two different genes.

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No Gene interaction

Two kinds of independence

The genes at each locus were independent in their assortment in meiosis

The genes were independent in their phenotypic expression

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ene Interaction Takes Place When Genes at Multiple Loci Determine a Single Phenotype.