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 ♀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 white 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, 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 round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds; gene B gives black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for round 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
AAAa?Aa?aap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.0025f = ?

A recessive condition affects 1 in 400 of a population in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. What fraction f of the population are carriers (heterozygous)?

q² = 0.0025
f =

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 0.5
  2. 2. P = 0.5
  3. 3. P = 0.375
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. Ab × Ab
  6. 6. f = 0.095

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