Question

in a group of summer squash plants, some individuals have fuzzy leaves and others have smooth leaves. in this group, the gene for the leaf texture trait has two alleles. the allele l is for fuzzy leaves, and the allele l is for smooth leaves.
a certain summer squash plant from this group has fuzzy leaves. this plant has two alleles for fuzzy leaves.
based on this information, click the blue words to correct any errors in the text.
this summer squash plants phenotype for the leaf texture trait is smooth leaves.
this summer squash plant is heterozygous for the leaf texture gene.
this summer squash plants phenotype for the leaf texture gene is ll.

Explanation:

• Phenotype refers to the observable physical or biochemical characteristics of an organism. Since the plant has fuzzy leaves, the phenotype should be fuzzy leaves, not smooth leaves.
• Heterozygous means having two different alleles for a particular gene. The plant has two alleles for fuzzy leaves (\(LL\)), so it is homozygous, not heterozygous.
• Phenotype is the observable trait (fuzzy leaves), while \(LL\) is the genotype (the genetic makeup).

Answer:

• "smooth leaves" should be corrected to "fuzzy leaves".
• "heterozygous" should be corrected to "homozygous".
• "phenotype" should be corrected to "genotype".