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 has purple flowers?

Aa × aa
P =
2.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TttTTt

Two Tt parents are crossed. T gives yellow seeds and is dominant over t, which gives green seeds. Click the cell for an offspring that has yellow seeds 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 tall, round seeds?

AaBb × aabb
P =
4.Medium
♂♀YXh​Xh​XH​

haemophilia is X-linked recessive (allele h). A carrier mother, XHXh, has children with an affected father, XhY. The mother's gametes run down the side. Click the cell for a carrier daughter.

♀ XHXh♂ XhY
  1. 1Xh × Y
  2. 2Xh × Xh
  3. 3XH × Y
  4. 4XH × Xh
5.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbabaBAbABaBABAbab

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

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
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.16N = 1000

In a population of 1000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 16% show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 1000q² = 0.16
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 0.5
  2. 2. T × T
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. XH × Xh
  5. 5. AB × AB
  6. 6. N = 360

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