Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
Aa ♀aa ♂Aaaa????

In pea plants, purple flowers (A) are dominant over white (a). A plant with genotype Aa is crossed with a plant with genotype aa. What is the probability P that an offspring is heterozygous (Aa)?

Aa × aa
P =
2.Easy
♂ Aa♀ AaAaAa

Two Aa parents are crossed. A gives purple flowers and is dominant over a, which gives white flowers. Click the cell for an offspring that has purple flowers and is homozygous.

Aa × Aa
  1. 1A × A
  2. 2A × a
  3. 3a × A
  4. 4a × a
3.Medium
AaBb ♀AaBb ♂ABAbaBabABAbaBab????????????????

Tall (A) is dominant over short (a), and round seeds (B) over wrinkled (b). The genes are on different chromosomes. For the cross AaBb × AaBb, what is the probability P that an offspring is short, wrinkled seeds?

AaBb × AaBb
P =
4.Medium
AaBb ♀Aabb ♂ABAbaBabAbAbabab????????????????

Tall (A) is dominant over short (a), and round seeds (B) over wrinkled (b). The genes are on different chromosomes. For the cross AaBb × Aabb, what is the probability P that an offspring is short, wrinkled seeds?

AaBb × Aabb
P =
5.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbAbABaBababABaBAb

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds; gene B gives tall plants (dominant) or short plants. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows wrinkled seeds and is homozygous for tall plants.

AaBb × AaBb
  1. 1ab × Ab
  2. 2ab × AB
  3. 3ab × aB
  4. 4ab × ab
  5. 5AB × Ab
  6. 6AB × AB
  7. 7AB × aB
  8. 8AB × ab
  9. 9aB × Ab
  10. 10aB × AB
  11. 11aB × aB
  12. 12aB × ab
  13. 13Ab × Ab
  14. 14Ab × AB
  15. 15Ab × aB
  16. 16Ab × ab
6.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbABAbaBabaBabAbAB

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives tall plants (dominant) or short plants; gene B gives purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows short plants and is homozygous for purple flowers.

AaBb × AaBb
  1. 1aB × AB
  2. 2aB × Ab
  3. 3aB × aB
  4. 4aB × ab
  5. 5ab × AB
  6. 6ab × Ab
  7. 7ab × aB
  8. 8ab × ab
  9. 9Ab × AB
  10. 10Ab × Ab
  11. 11Ab × aB
  12. 12Ab × ab
  13. 13AB × AB
  14. 14AB × Ab
  15. 15AB × aB
  16. 16AB × ab

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 0.5
  2. 2. A × A
  3. 3. P = 0.0625
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. aB × aB

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