Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TttTTt

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

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

Two Tt parents are crossed. T gives purple flowers and is dominant over t, which gives white flowers. Click the cell for an offspring that has purple flowers and is homozygous.

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 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 tall, round 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 tall plants (dominant) or short plants. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows both green seeds and short plants.

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 round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds; gene B gives purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for round seeds and shows white 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

Answer key

  1. 1. t × t
  2. 2. T × T
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.375
  5. 5. ab × ab
  6. 6. Ab × Ab

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