Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TttTtT

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

Tt × Tt
  1. 1t × t
  2. 2t × T
  3. 3T × t
  4. 4T × T
2.Easy
♂ Bb♀ BbBbBb

Two Bb parents are crossed. B gives tall plants and is dominant over b, which gives short plants. Click the cell for an offspring that has tall plants and is homozygous.

Bb × Bb
  1. 1B × B
  2. 2B × b
  3. 3b × B
  4. 4b × b
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 black fur (dominant) or white fur; gene B gives purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows white fur and is homozygous for purple 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
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.01N = 2000

In a population of 2000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 1% show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 2000q² = 0.01
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. t × t
  2. 2. B × B
  3. 3. P = 0.375
  4. 4. P = 0.25
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. N = 1620

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