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
♂ Bb♀ BbbBBb

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

Bb × Bb
  1. 1B × b
  2. 2B × B
  3. 3b × b
  4. 4b × B
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, 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, round seeds?

AaBb × AaBb
P =
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
AAAa?Aa?aap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.01f = ?

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. 1. A × A
  2. 2. B × B
  3. 3. P = 0.375
  4. 4. P = 0.1875
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. f = 0.18

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