Question

Clover plants can have a recessive trait that results in the production of cyanide. Considering this is a recessive trait, what must the genotype of the plant be in order to produce cyanide?
Responses

aa
aa

Aa
Aa

AA

Answer 1

For a trait to be expressed when it is recessive, the individual must have two copies of the recessive allele. In this case, if cyanide production is a recessive trait, the genotype of the plant that would produce cyanide must be homozygous recessive. Therefore, the correct genotype for the plant to produce cyanide is:

**aa**