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 has purple flowers?

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 is heterozygous (Aa)?

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

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives tall plants (dominant) or short plants; gene B gives black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows short plants and is homozygous for black 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

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 0.75
  2. 2. P = 0.5
  3. 3. P = 0.1875
  4. 4. P = 0.375
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. aB × aB

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