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1. Individuals II-3, II-6, II-7, and III-4 are affected by Huntington's disease. 2. Huntington's disease is caused by a dominant trait since you either have it or you don't, with no carriers. 3. Individuals I-1 and I-2 had 2 children. 4. Individuals II-1 and II-2 had 0 girls. 5. Individuals III-2 and II-4 are siblings.

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Pedigree Practice Problems PDF

1. Individuals II-3, II-6, II-7, and III-4 are affected by Huntington's disease. 2. Huntington's disease is caused by a dominant trait since you either have it or you don't, with no carriers. 3. Individuals I-1 and I-2 had 2 children. 4. Individuals II-1 and II-2 had 0 girls. 5. Individuals III-2 and II-4 are siblings.

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Name__________________________________ Date: __________________ Biology I

Pedigree Worksheet
A family tree of sorts is called a pedigree. The symbols used for a pedigree are:

female, unaffected
Siblings are placed in birth order from left to right and are
female, affected labeled with Arabic numerals. Each generation is labeled
with a Roman numeral. Therefore, the male exhibiting the
male, unaffected trait in the pedigree below in the bottom, center would be
identified as III-4.
male, affected

1
I
1 2 = Huntington’s
Disease
II 1 2 4 5

3 6 7 8

III
1 2 3 4 5

1. Which members of the family above are afflected by Huntington’s Disease?

2. There are no carriers for Huntington’s Disease- you either have it or you don’t.
With this in mind, is Huntington’s disease caused by a dominant or recessive trait?

3. How many children did individuals I-1 and I-2 have?

4. How many girls did II-1 and II-2 have?

5. How are individuals III-2 and II-4 related?


2 I

II

III

IV

12. The pedigree above shows the passing on of colorblindness. What sex is MOST likely to be
carriers of colorblindness?

13. Why does individual IV-7 (a female) have colorblindness?

14. Why do all the daughters in generation II carry the colorblind gene?

15. List 2 IV generation colorblind males.


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16. Is this trait dominant or recessive? Explain your answer.

17. What gave you the essential information to decide that II-3 and II-4 were heterozygous?

18. Brown eyes are a dominant eye-color allele and blue eyes are recessive. A brown-eyed woman
whose father had blue eyes and whose mother had brown eyes marries a brown-eyed man whose
parents are also brown-eyed. They have a son who is blue-eyed.

Draw a pedigree (info above) showing all four grandparents, the two parents, and the son. Indicate
each individuals possible genotypes.

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