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 is from this group. this summer squash plants phenotype for the leaf texture trait is fuzzy leaves. this plants genotype for the leaf texture gene is ll. based on this information, complete the following statement. this summer squash plant is __________ for the leaf texture gene. heterozygous homozygous

Explanation:

Heterozygous organisms have two different alleles for a gene. Since the plant has the genotype Ll (two different alleles for the leaf - texture gene), it is heterozygous.

Answer:

heterozygous