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
♂ Bb♀ BbbBBb

Two Bb parents are crossed. B gives yellow seeds and is dominant over b, which gives green seeds. Click the cell of the Punnett square for an offspring with green seeds.

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 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 short, wrinkled seeds?

AaBb × Aabb
P =
5.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbABaBAbabaBABAbab

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives purple flowers (dominant) or white flowers; gene B gives round seeds (dominant) or wrinkled seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows white flowers and is homozygous for round seeds.

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

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 = 0.5
  2. 2. b × b
  3. 3. P = 0.125
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. ab × ab

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