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 has purple flowers?

Aa × AA
P =
2.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 =
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
♂♀YXd​XD​Xd​

Duchenne muscular dystrophy is X-linked recessive (allele d). A carrier mother, XDXd, has children with an affected father, XdY. The mother's gametes run down the side. Click the cell for an affected daughter.

♀ XDXd♂ XdY
  1. 1XD × Y
  2. 2XD × Xd
  3. 3Xd × Y
  4. 4Xd × Xd
5.Hard
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbABabAbaBaBAbabAB

Two AaBb parents are crossed. Gene A gives black fur (dominant) or white fur; gene B gives yellow seeds (dominant) or green seeds. Click the one cell for an offspring that is shows both white fur and green 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
AA?AaAaaap (A)q (a)p (A)q (a)q² = 0.0004N = 10000

In a population of 10000 in Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium, 1 in 2500 show a recessive trait. How many individuals N are expected to be homozygous dominant?

N = 10000q² = 0.0004
N =

Answer key

  1. 1. P = 1
  2. 2. P = 0.5
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. Xd × Xd
  5. 5. ab × ab
  6. 6. N = 9604

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