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Simple Genetics Practice Problems

This document contains 15 genetics practice problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. The problems cover concepts such as determining genotypes from phenotypes, predicting offspring from given crosses, and using Punnett squares to determine inheritance probabilities.

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Simple Genetics Practice Problems

This document contains 15 genetics practice problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. The problems cover concepts such as determining genotypes from phenotypes, predicting offspring from given crosses, and using Punnett squares to determine inheritance probabilities.

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Simple Genetics Practice Problems


1. For each genotype, 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 genotypes below, determine the phenotype. Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers PP ___________________________ Pp ___________________________ pp ___________________________ Round seeds are dominant to wrinkled RR ___________________________ Rr ___________________________ rr ___________________________ Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes BB ___________________________ Bb ___________________________ bb ___________________________ Bobtails are recessive (long tails dominant) TT ___________________________ Tt ___________________________ tt ___________________________

3. For each phenotype, list the genotypes. (Remember to use the letter of the dominant trait) Straight hair is dominant to curly. ____________ straight ____________ straight ____________ curly Pointed heads are dominant to round heads. ____________ pointed ____________ pointed ____________ round

4. Set up the square for each of the crosses listed below. The trait being studied is round seeds (dominant) and wrinkled seeds (recessive)

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Rr x rr

What percentage of the offspring will be round? ___________ Rr x R r

What percentage of the offspring will be round? ___________ RR x Rr

What percentage of the offspring will be round? ___________ Practice with Crosses. 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? ______

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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)? ____________ 8. A homozygous round seeded plant is crossed with a homozygous wrinkled seeded plant. 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? _______ 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? _______ 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!

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