Question

In a group of summer squash plants, some individuals have fuzzy leaves and others have smooth leaves. In this group, the gene for the leaf texture trait has two alleles. The allele L is for fuzzy leaves, and the allele l is for smooth leaves.
A certain summer squash plant from this group has fuzzy leaves. This plant has two alleles for fuzzy leaves.
Based on this information, what is this summer squash plant's phenotype for the leaf texture trait?

Answer 1

The summer squash plant has the genotype LL, which means it carries two dominant alleles for the leaf texture trait. The phenotype is the observable characteristic expressed by the plant. Since the dominant allele L is associated with fuzzy leaves, the plant's phenotype for the leaf texture trait is "fuzzy leaves."