Question

in a group of muskmelon plants, some individuals have sour fruit and others have sweet fruit. in this group, the gene for the fruit taste trait has two alleles. the allele f is for sour fruit, and the allele f is for sweet fruit.
a certain muskmelon plant from this group has sweet fruit. this plant has two alleles for sweet fruit.
based on this information, click the blue words to correct any errors in the text.
this muskmelon plant is homozygous for the fruit taste gene.
this muskmelon plants phenotype for the fruit taste trait is sweet fruit.
this muskmelon plants phenotype for the fruit taste gene is ff.

Explanation:

1. For the first sentence: A plant with two identical alleles (ff) for a gene is homozygous, so this statement is correct.
2. For the second sentence: The observable trait (sweet fruit) is the phenotype, so this statement is correct.
3. For the third sentence: FF represents the genetic makeup (genotype), not the phenotype. The term "phenotype" is incorrect here, and the genotype should be ff, not FF.

Answer:

• This muskmelon plant is homozygous for the fruit taste gene. (No correction needed)
• This muskmelon plant's phenotype for the fruit taste trait is sweet fruit. (No correction needed)
• This muskmelon plant's genotype for the fruit taste gene is ff. (Corrected "phenotype" to "genotype" and "FF" to "ff")