Question

in a group of scarlet rosemallow plants, some individuals have red flowers and others have white flowers. in this group, the gene for the flower color trait has two alleles. the allele f is for red flowers, and the allele f is for white flowers.
a certain scarlet rosemallow plant from this group has white flowers. this plant has two alleles for white flowers.
based on this information, click the blue words to correct any errors in the text.
this scarlet rosemallow plants phenotype for the flower color trait is red flowers.
this scarlet rosemallow plants phenotype for the flower color gene is ff.
this scarlet rosemallow plant is heterozygous for the flower color gene.

Explanation:

1. The plant has white flowers, so its phenotype for flower color should be white flowers, not red.
2. The plant has two alleles for white flowers (f), so its genotype (not phenotype for the gene) should be ff, not FF. Also, "phenotype for the flower color gene" is incorrect; it's genotype.
3. The plant has two identical alleles (ff), so it's homozygous, not heterozygous.

For the first sentence: Change "red flowers" to "white flowers".
For the second sentence: Change "phenotype" to "genotype" and "FF" to "ff".
For the third sentence: Change "heterozygous" to "homozygous".

Answer:

• First blue - text correction: Change "red flowers" to "white flowers".
• Second blue - text correction: Change "phenotype" to "genotype" and "FF" to "ff".
• Third blue - text correction: Change "heterozygous" to "homozygous".