Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.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 is heterozygous (Aa)?

Aa × AA
P =
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 white 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 tall, 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
♂ 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 shows short 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
6.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbAbabaBABABAbaBab

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

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. P = 0.5
  2. 2. P = 0.5
  3. 3. P = 0.125
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. Ab × Ab
  6. 6. Ab × Ab

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