Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TtTttT

Two Tt parents are crossed. T gives yellow seeds and is dominant over t, which gives green seeds. Click the cell for an offspring that has yellow seeds and is homozygous.

Tt × Tt
  1. 1t × T
  2. 2t × t
  3. 3T × T
  4. 4T × t
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 purple flowers?

AA × Aa
P =
3.Medium
♂♀YXh​Xh​XH​

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

♀ XHXh♂ XhY
  1. 1Xh × Y
  2. 2Xh × Xh
  3. 3XH × Y
  4. 4XH × Xh
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
♂ 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 both green seeds and 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 yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds; gene B gives round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for yellow seeds and 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

Answer key

  1. 1. T × T
  2. 2. P = 1
  3. 3. XH × Xh
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. ab × ab
  6. 6. AB × AB

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