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 ♀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 tall, 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, 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 black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for yellow seeds and shows white fur.

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 = 0.0004N = 1000

In a population of 1000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 1 in 2500 show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 1000q² = 0.0004
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. t × t
  2. 2. P = 0.75
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. Ab × Ab
  6. 6. N = 960.4

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