Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TtTttT

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

Tt × Tt
  1. 1t × T
  2. 2t × t
  3. 3T × T
  4. 4T × t
2.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 =
3.Medium
♂♀XH​YXh​XH​

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

♀ XHXh♂ XHY
  1. 1Xh × XH
  2. 2Xh × Y
  3. 3XH × XH
  4. 4XH × Y
4.Medium
♂♀YXH​XH​Xh​

haemophilia is X-linked recessive (allele h). A carrier mother, XHXh, has children with an unaffected 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 yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds; gene B gives round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows green seeds and is homozygous 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
♂ 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 homozygous for yellow seeds and shows white 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

Answer key

  1. 1. t × t
  2. 2. P = 0.5
  3. 3. Xh × Y
  4. 4. Xh × XH
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. Ab × Ab

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