Question

In a group of pea plants, some individuals have round peas and others have wrinkled peas. In this group, the gene for the pea shape trait has two alleles. The allele E is for round peas, and the allele e is for wrinkled peas.
A certain pea plant from this group has wrinkled peas. This plant has two alleles for wrinkled peas.
Based on this information, what is this pea plant's phenotype for the pea shape trait?

Answer 1

The phenotype of an organism refers to its observable traits, which result from the interaction of its genotype with the environment. In this case, the pea plant has two alleles for wrinkled peas, which are both the recessive allele "e."

Since the plant has the genotype "ee," it will exhibit the phenotype of wrinkled peas. Therefore, the phenotype for this pea plant's pea shape trait is **wrinkled peas**.