Identify Inheritance Patterns

In dogs, curly hair (C) is dominant over smooth hair (c). Two curly dogs produce a smooth-haired puppy. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

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A cross between a blue blah blah bird & a white blah blah bird produces offspring that are silver. The color of blah blah birds is determined by just two alleles. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

Birds can be blue, white, or white with blue-tipped feathers. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

A man with blood type A and a woman with blood type O, have a child. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

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A man with normal vision has a child with a woman that is a carrier for colorblindness. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

A tall plant (TT) is crossed with a tall plant (Tt). What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

A person with freckles (Ff) has a child with a person with no freckles (ff). What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Two parents think their baby was switched at the hospital. Its 1968, so DNA fingerprinting technology does not exist yet. The mother has blood type “O,” the father has blood type “AB,” and the baby has blood type “B.” What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

In snapdragons, the combined expression of both alleles for flower color produces a new phenotype that is pink. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked

A white cow and a red bull will produce offspring with patches of both colors. This is known as a roan cow. What type of inheritance pattern is this?

• Mendelian

• Incomplete

• Co Dominance

• Multiple Alleles

• Sex linked