Question

there are two different alleles for flower color, p and p. the image shows a white sweet pea with a genotypeo of pp. what can you surmise from the labeled image? the genotype is heterozygous. white petal color is a recessive trait. white petal color is a dominant trait.

Explanation:

In genetics, a homozygous genotype has two identical alleles (e.g., \(pp\)). A heterozygous genotype has two different alleles (e.g., \(Pp\)). Since the genotype is \(pp\) (homozygous), the first option is incorrect. Dominant traits are expressed when at least one dominant allele is present (\(Pp\) or \(PP\)). Recessive traits are expressed only when two recessive alleles are present (\(pp\)). As the white - flowered pea has \(pp\), white petal color is a recessive trait.

Answer:

White petal color is a recessive trait.