These copies of a gene can come in different varieties, known as alleles. So, for the pea shape characteristic, there’s an allele for smooth, and an allele for wrinkled. Out of those two alleles ...

Big Pine partridge pea: The Big Pine partridge pea is a small shrub with five-petal, yellow flowers and pea-shaped fruit. It is found only in the pine rocklands of the lower Florida Keys. It used to ...