Pedigrees and Punnett Squares Practice

Which of the following is a phenotype?

• Aa
• red hair
• heterozygous
• DNA

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

• Male gene
• lowercase letter
• recessive trait
• capital letter

How many individuals are there in the 3rd generation?

• 2
• 3
• 4
• 6

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What do we use pedigrees for?

• To look at families
• To make determinations about the offspring
• To track traits in families
• Nothing

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

• Cousins
• Dad and Daughter
• Uncle and Niece
• Grandpa and Granddaughter

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Give the genotype for person III-3

• GG
• Gg
• gg

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Give the genotype for person II-1

• GG
• Gg
• gg

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What does a filled in square represent?

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

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

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

• 2
• 4
• 5
• 6

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