Question

in a group of guinea pigs, some individuals have brown eyes and others have red eyes. in this group, the gene for the eye color trait has two alleles. the allele e is for brown eyes, and the allele e is for red eyes.
honey, a guinea pig from this group, has red eyes. honey has two alleles for red eyes.
based on this information, click the blue words to correct any errors in the text.
honeys genotype for the eye color gene is ee.
honeys phenotype for the eye color trait is brown eyes.
honey is heterozygous for the eye color gene.

Explanation:

• Genotype: Since Honey has two alleles for red eyes (recessive trait), the genotype should be \(ee\) (not \(EE\) which is for dominant brown - eye allele).
• Phenotype: Honey has red eyes (not brown eyes as stated).
• Heterozygous/Homozygous: Honey has two of the same alleles (\(ee\)), so it is homozygous (not heterozygous which would be \(Ee\)).

Answer:

• Click on \(EE\) and change it to \(ee\).
• Click on \(brown\ eyes\) and change it to \(red\ eyes\).
• Click on \(heterozygous\) and change it to \(homozygous\).