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 for an offspring that has purple flowers and is homozygous.

Tt × Tt
  1. 1T × t
  2. 2T × T
  3. 3t × t
  4. 4t × T
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 has white flowers?

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, 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 short, wrinkled 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 black fur (dominant) or white fur. Click the one cell for an offspring that is homozygous for yellow seeds and 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
♂ AaBb♀ AaBbAbabaBABabABAbaB

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

Answer key

  1. 1. T × T
  2. 2. P = 0.25
  3. 3. P = 0.25
  4. 4. P = 0.125
  5. 5. AB × AB
  6. 6. Ab × Ab

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