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
♂ Tt♀ TtTttT

Two Tt parents are crossed. T gives black fur and is dominant over t, which gives white fur. Click the cell for an offspring that has black fur and is homozygous.

Tt × Tt
  1. 1t × T
  2. 2t × t
  3. 3T × T
  4. 4T × t
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 tall, wrinkled seeds?

AaBb × AaBb
P =
5.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbaBabABAbaBabAbAB

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds; gene B gives black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows green seeds and is homozygous for black fur.

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
AAAa?Aa?aap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.09f = ?

A recessive condition affects 9% of a population in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. What fraction f of the population are carriers (heterozygous)?

q² = 0.09
f =

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 0.5
  2. 2. T × T
  3. 3. P = 0.125
  4. 4. P = 0.1875
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. f = 0.42

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