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Simple Genetics Practice Problems

This document provides genetics practice problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. It includes determining genotypes, phenotypes, performing crosses to calculate expected percentages of offspring, and identifying parental genotypes based on offspring ratios. Problems cover traits such as seed shape, flower color, hair length, and more. Students are asked to complete crosses showing work and stating expected offspring percentages.

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Simple Genetics Practice Problems

This document provides genetics practice problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses. It includes determining genotypes, phenotypes, performing crosses to calculate expected percentages of offspring, and identifying parental genotypes based on offspring ratios. Problems cover traits such as seed shape, flower color, hair length, and more. Students are asked to complete crosses showing work and stating expected offspring percentages.

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Alvar Iglesias Marín
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Simple Genetics Practice Problems

1. For each genotype, indicate whether it is heterozygous (HE) or homozygous (HO)

AA ____ Ee ____ Ii ____ Mm ____


Bb ____ ff ____ Jj ____ nn ____
Cc ____ GG ____ kk ____ OO ____
Dd ____ HH ____ Ll ____ Pp ____

2. For each of the genotypes below, determine the phenotype.

Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers Brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes
PP ___________________________ BB ___________________________
Pp ___________________________ Bb ___________________________
pp ___________________________ bb ___________________________
Round seeds are dominant to wrinkled Bobtails are recessive (long tails dominant)
RR ___________________________ TT ___________________________
Rr ___________________________ Tt ___________________________
rr ___________________________ tt ___________________________

3. For each phenotype, list the genotypes. (Remember to use the letter of the dominant
trait)

Straight hair is dominant to curly. Pointed heads are dominant to round heads.
____________ straight ____________ pointed
____________ straight ____________ pointed
____________ curly ____________ 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)

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? ______

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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