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
♂ Rr♀ RrrRrR

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

Rr × Rr
  1. 1r × r
  2. 2r × R
  3. 3R × r
  4. 4R × R
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, 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, round 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 black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows white flowers and is homozygous for black 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 = 0.09N = 5000

In a population of 5000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 9% show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 5000q² = 0.09
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 0.5
  2. 2. R × R
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.375
  5. 5. aB × aB
  6. 6. N = 2450

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