Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Aa♀ AaAaAa

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

Aa × Aa
  1. 1A × A
  2. 2A × a
  3. 3a × A
  4. 4a × a
2.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
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
AAAa?Aa?aap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.0004f = ?

A recessive condition affects 1 in 2500 of a population in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. What fraction f of the population are carriers (heterozygous)?

q² = 0.0004
f =
6.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbabABAbaBabABAbaB

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds; gene B gives yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows both wrinkled seeds and 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. A × A
  2. 2. t × t
  3. 3. P = 0.125
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. f = 0.0392
  6. 6. ab × ab

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