Question

over time, the mans of their coats lose their original color and become gray or white.
in a group of horses, some individuals have coat graying and others do not. in this group, the gene for the coat graying trait has two alleles. the allele g is for having a graying coat, and the allele g is for not having a graying coat.
blossom is a horse from this group.
blossoms phenotype for the coat graying trait is having a graying coat.
blossoms genotype for the coat graying gene is gg.
based on this information, complete the following statement.
blossom is __________ for the coat graying gene.
homozygous
heterozygous

Explanation:

An organism with two different alleles for a gene (one dominant, one recessive) is defined as heterozygous. Blossom's genotype is Gg, which consists of two distinct alleles for the coat graying gene.

Answer:

heterozygous