Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TttTTt

Two Tt parents are crossed. T gives tall plants and is dominant over t, which gives short plants. Click the cell of the Punnett square for an offspring with short plants.

Tt × Tt
  1. 1T × t
  2. 2T × T
  3. 3t × t
  4. 4t × T
2.Easy
♂ Aa♀ AaaAAa

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

Aa × Aa
  1. 1A × a
  2. 2A × A
  3. 3a × a
  4. 4a × A
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 tall plants (dominant) or short plants; gene B gives purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for tall plants and shows white flowers.

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 purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers; gene B gives tall plants (dominant) or short plants. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for purple flowers 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. t × t
  2. 2. A × A
  3. 3. P = 0.375
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. Ab × Ab
  6. 6. AB × AB

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