Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TtTttT

Two Tt parents are crossed. T gives tall plants and is dominant over t, which gives short plants. Click the cell of the Punnett square for an offspring with short plants.

Tt × Tt
  1. 1t × T
  2. 2t × t
  3. 3T × T
  4. 4T × t
2.Easy
♂ Rr♀ RrrRrR

Two Rr parents are crossed. R gives round seeds and is dominant over r, which gives wrinkled seeds. Click the cell for an offspring that has round seeds and is homozygous.

Rr × Rr
  1. 1r × r
  2. 2r × R
  3. 3R × r
  4. 4R × R
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, round 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 purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers; gene B gives black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows white flowers 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
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbABAbabaBaBABAbab

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives black fur (dominant) or white fur; gene B gives yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for black fur and shows green 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. R × R
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. Ab × Ab

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