Pedigrees

What type of heredity is shown in the pedigree?
(hint: check your notes - "modes of inheritance")

• Sex-Linked Dominant
• Sex-Linked Recessive
• Autosomal Dominant
• Autosomal Recessive 

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In a pedigree, what shape represents a male?

• circle
• square
• triangle
• diamond

How many generations are shown in this pedigree?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?

• 2
• 4
• 5
• 6

There are no carriers for Huntington's Disease- you either have it or you don't. Is Huntington's disease caused by a dominant or recessive trait?

• Dominant

• Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait?

• 8
• 5
• 2
• 3

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Does this pedigree show a dominant or recessive trait?

• Dominant
• Recessive

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

• Not affected Female
• Not affected Male
• Affected Male
• Affected Female

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Chromosome that is not a sex chromosome

• Chromosome
• Autosome
• Sex Chromosome
• Homologous pair

Chart that shows the relationships within a family

• Pedigree
• Karyotype
• T chart
• Key

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1