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.

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 smooth leaves. This plant has two alleles for smooth leaves.
Based on this information, what is this summer squash plant's phenotype for the leaf texture trait?

Answer 1

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.

The summer squash plant's phenotype for the leaf texture trait is smooth leaves.