Biology

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 / is for sweet fruit.

A certain muskmelon plant from this group has sour fruit. This plant has two alleles for sour

fruit.

Based on this information, what is this muskmelon plant's genotype for the fruit taste gene?

FF

sweet fruit

Ff

sour fruit

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Answer

FF

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The muskmelon plant has two alleles for the fruit taste gene, both of which are for sour fruit (F). Therefore, the gen...