Question

in a group of pea plants, some individuals have green pods and others have yellow pods. in this group, the gene for the pod color trait has two alleles. the allele d is for green pods, and the allele d is for yellow pods. a certain pea plant from this group has green pods. this plant has two alleles for green pods. based on this information, click the blue words to correct any errors in the text. this pea plant is heterozygous for the pod color gene. this pea plants genotype for the pod color trait is yellow pods. this pea plants genotype for the pod color gene is dd.

Explanation:

1. A plant with two identical alleles for a trait is homozygous, not heterozygous.
2. Genotype refers to the genetic makeup, not the physical trait (phenotype). The genotype is the alleles, not "yellow pods".
3. Since the plant has two alleles for green pods and \(D\) is the allele for green pods, its genotype is \(DD\) which is correct.

Answer:

1. Change "heterozygous" to "homozygous".
2. Change "yellow pods" to "DD".
3. No change for "This pea plant's genotype for the pod - color gene is DD."