Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Bb♀ BbBbBb

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

Bb × Bb
  1. 1B × B
  2. 2B × b
  3. 3b × B
  4. 4b × b
2.Easy
♂ Bb♀ BbBbBb

Two Bb parents are crossed. B gives round seeds and is dominant over b, which gives wrinkled seeds. Click the cell of the Punnett square for an offspring with wrinkled seeds.

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
♂♀YXH​XH​Xh​

haemophilia is X-linked recessive (allele h). A carrier mother, XHXh, has children with an unaffected father, XHY. The mother's gametes run down the side. Click the cell for an affected son.

♀ XHXh♂ XHY
  1. 1XH × Y
  2. 2XH × XH
  3. 3Xh × Y
  4. 4Xh × XH
5.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbaBABabAbabaBABAb

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives tall plants (dominant) or short plants; gene B gives round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for tall plants and shows wrinkled 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
♂ 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. b × b
  3. 3. P = 0.375
  4. 4. Xh × Y
  5. 5. Ab × Ab
  6. 6. AB × AB

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