Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.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 is heterozygous (Aa)?

Aa × AA
P =
2.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
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, 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, 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 purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows both green seeds and 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. P = 0.5
  2. 2. A × A
  3. 3. P = 0.375
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. ab × ab
  6. 6. AB × AB

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