Question

in a group of cockatiels, some individuals have bright orange cheeks and others have pale orange cheeks. in this group, the gene for the cheek color trait has two alleles. the allele r is for bright orange cheeks, and the allele r is for pale orange cheeks. flappy is a cockatiel from this group. flappys phenotype for the cheek color trait is bright orange cheeks. flappys genotype for the cheek color gene is rr. based on this information, complete the following statement. flappy is ____________ for the cheek color gene. homozygous heterozygous

Explanation:

A homozygous individual has two identical alleles for a gene. Flappy has the genotype RR for the cheek - color gene, meaning both alleles are the same. A heterozygous individual has two different alleles for a gene. Since Flappy has two of the same allele (R), it is homozygous.

Answer:

homozygous