Genetics worksheet with answers

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1.Easy
♂ Tt♀ TtTttT

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

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 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 tall, 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, wrinkled seeds?

AaBb × Aabb
P =
5.Hard
AAAa?Aa?aap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.0025f = ?

A recessive condition affects 1 in 400 of a population in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium. What fraction f of the population are carriers (heterozygous)?

q² = 0.0025
f =
6.Hard
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.0025N = 2000

In a population of 2000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 1 in 400 show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 2000q² = 0.0025
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. t × t
  2. 2. t × t
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.375
  5. 5. f = 0.095
  6. 6. N = 1805

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