Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Bb♀ BbbBbB

Two Bb parents are crossed. B gives purple flowers and is dominant over b, which gives white flowers. Click the cell for an offspring that has purple flowers and is homozygous.

Bb × Bb
  1. 1b × b
  2. 2b × B
  3. 3B × b
  4. 4B × B
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
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
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.09N = 2000

In a population of 2000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 9% show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 2000q² = 0.09
N =
6.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbAbaBabABaBabABAb

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

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. B × B
  2. 2. P = 0.75
  3. 3. P = 0.1875
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. N = 980
  6. 6. AB × AB

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