In a group of pea plants, some individuals have yellow peas and others have green peas. In this group, the gene for the pea color trait has two alleles. The allele E is for yellow peas, and the allele e is for green peas.

A certain pea plant is from this group. This pea plant's phenotype for the pea color trait is yellow peas. This plant's genotype for the pea color gene is Ee.
Based on this information, complete the following statement so homozygous or heterozygous

This pea plant is heterozygous for the pea color gene.