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Cunningham Genetics Worksheet
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Genetics Practice Problems - Simple Worksheet 1. For each genotype below, indicate whether it is heterozygous (He) or homozygous (Ho) AA _____ Bb _____ Cc _____ DD _____ Ee ____ ff ____ Gg ____ HH ____ Ii _____ Jj _____ kk _____ LL _____ Mm _____ nn _____ oo _____ Pp _____
2. For each of the g e n o t y p e s phenotypes would be possible. Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. PP___________________ Pp___________________ pp___________________ Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes BB_________________ Bb________________ bb________________
below determine what
Bobtails in cats are recessive. TT _________________ Tt _________________ tt________________ Round seeds are dominant to wrinkled seeds RR__________________ Rr__________________ rr __________________
Bio 10 Dr. Cunningham Genetics Worksheet
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3. For each phenotype below, list the genotypes (remember to use the letter of the dominant trait)
Straight hair is dominant to curly. ___ straight ____ curly
Pointed heads are dominant to round heads. _____ pointed _____ round
4. Set up the Punnet squares for each of the crosses listed below. Round seeds are dominant to wrinkled seeds.
RR x rr What percentage of the offspring will be round? _________________
Rr x rr What percent of the offspring will be round? _____________________
Bio 10 Dr. Cunningham Genetics Worksheet RR x Rr
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What percent of the offspring will be round? _____________________
Rr x Rr
What percent of the offspring will be round?____________________
Practice with Crosses. Show all work! SHOW ALL WORK! 5. A TT (tall) plant is crossed with a tt (short plant). What percentage of the offspring will be tall? ___________ 6. A Tt plant is crossed with a Tt plant. What percentage of the offspring will be short? ______ 7. A heterozygous round seeded plant (Rr) is crossed with a homozygous round seeded plant (RR). What percentage of the offspring will be homozygous (RR)? __________
Bio 10 Dr. Cunningham Genetics Worksheet 8. A homozygous round seeded plant is crossed with a homozygous wrinkled seeded plant.
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What are the genotypes of the parents? __________ x __________ What percentage of the offspring will also be homozygous? ___________ 9. In pea plants purple flowers are dominant to white flowers. If two white flowered plants are cross, what percentage of their offspring will be white flowered? ______________
10. A white flowered plant is crossed with a plant that is heterozygous for the trait. What percentage of the offspring will have purple flowers?___________ 11. Two plants, both heterozygous for the gene that controls flower color are crossed. What percentage of their offspring will have purple flowers? ___________ What percentage will have white flowers? ___________
12. In guinea pigs, the allele for short hair is dominant. What genotype would a heterozygous short haired guinea pig have? _______
Bio 10 Dr. Cunningham Genetics Worksheet
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What genotype would a purebreeding short haired guinea pig have? _______ What genotype would a long haired guinea pig have? ________ 13. Show the cross for a pure breeding short haired guinea pig and a long haired guinea pig. What percentage of the offspring will have short hair? __________
14. Show the cross for two heterozygous guinea pigs.
What percentage of the offspring will have short hair? ________ What percentage of the offspring will have long hair? _______
Bio 10 Dr. Cunningham Genetics Worksheet
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15. Two short haired guinea pigs are mated several times. Out of 100 offspring, 25 of them have long hair. What are the probable genotypes of the parents? ________ x ___________ Show the cross to prove it!