Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.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
2.Easy
♂ Aa♀ AaAaaA

Two Aa parents are crossed. A gives round seeds and is dominant over a, which gives wrinkled seeds. Click the cell of the Punnett square for an offspring with wrinkled seeds.

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 tall, wrinkled seeds?

AaBb × aaBb
P =
5.Hard
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.01N = 2000

In a population of 2000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 1% show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 2000q² = 0.01
N =
6.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbaBabABAbABAbabaB

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

Answer key

  1. 1. T × T
  2. 2. a × a
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. N = 1620
  6. 6. AB × AB

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