Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Aa♀ AaAaaA

Two Aa parents are crossed. A gives black fur and is dominant over a, which gives white fur. Click the cell for an offspring that has black fur and is homozygous.

Aa × Aa
  1. 1a × A
  2. 2a × a
  3. 3A × A
  4. 4A × a
2.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
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
♂♀YXH​XH​Xh​

haemophilia is X-linked recessive (allele h). A carrier mother, XHXh, has children with an unaffected father, XHY. The mother's gametes run down the side. Click the cell for an affected son.

♀ XHXh♂ XHY
  1. 1XH × Y
  2. 2XH × XH
  3. 3Xh × Y
  4. 4Xh × XH
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
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.000625N = 1000

In a population of 1000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 1 in 1600 show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 1000q² = 0.000625
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. A × A
  2. 2. t × t
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. Xh × Y
  5. 5. Ab × Ab
  6. 6. N = 950.6

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