Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy

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

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 =

3.Medium

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

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

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

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

q² = 0.01

f =

Answer key

1. P = 0.5
2. P = 0.5
3. P = 0.1875
4. P = 0.25
5. f = 0.0392
6. f = 0.18

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