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In a group of American curl cats, some individuals have curled ears and others have straightears. In this group, the gene for the ear type trait has two alleles. The allele E is for curledears, and the allele e is for straight ears.Cookie, an American curl cat from this group, has straight ears. Cookie has two alleles forstraight ears.Based on this information, what is Cookie's phenotype for the ear type trait?EEEecurled earsstraight ears

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Cookie's phenotype for the ear trait is straight ears.

When we say phenotype, it refers to the observable trait or the characteristics that can be seen.