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
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 =
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 round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds; gene B gives yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows wrinkled seeds and is homozygous for yellow 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
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.09N = 10000

In a population of 10000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 9% show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 10000q² = 0.09
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. T × T
  2. 2. P = 0.75
  3. 3. P = 0.0625
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. N = 4900

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