Question

RecommendationsPlansEighth gradeQ.3 Genetics vocabulary: dominant and recessive NREIn a group of ornamental gourd plants, some individuals have yellow fruit and others havegreen fruit. In this group, the gene for the fruit color trait has two alleles. The allele foryellow fruit (F) is dominant over the allele for green fruit (1).A certain ornamental gourd plant from this group has the homozygous genotype ff for thefruit color gene.Based on this information, what is this plant's phenotype for the fruit color trait?green fruityellow fruitSubmit

Answer 1

As the plant's genotype is homozygous for the recesive allele, the plant wil show a recesive phenotype which is green fruit.