Question

this passage describes the bekko patterning trait in koi fish: the bekko pattern is a pattern of colors found on the bodies of some koi fish. a koi fish with bekko patterning has black patches all over its body. a koi fish without bekko patterning does not have these patches. in a group of koi fish, some individuals have bekko patterning and others do not. in this group, the gene for the bekko patterning trait has two alleles. the allele b is for having bekko patterning, and the allele b is for not having bekko patterning. ursula is a koi fish from this group. ursulas phenotype for the bekko patterning trait is having bekko patterning. ursulas genotype for the bekko patterning gene is bb. based on this information, complete the following statement. ursula is heterozygous for the bekko patterning gene. homozygous heterozygous

Explanation:

A homozygous genotype has two identical alleles (e.g., \(BB\) or \(bb\)). A heterozygous genotype has two different alleles. Since Ursula's genotype is \(Bb\), the alleles \(B\) and \(b\) are different.

Answer:

heterozygous