Question

If an organism expresses a recessive phenotype, can you tell the genotype? Explain your answer by giving an example.

Answer 1

If it is expressing the recessive phenotype, then you know right away what thegenotype is. For example, for the recessive trait of green-colored peas versus the dominant trait yellow-colored peas. If you have green peas, then you know this plant has the homozygous recessive genotype for the pea color gene.