Amoeba Sisters: Pedigrees

What shape represents females in a pedigree?

• Triangles

• Squares

• Hexagons

• Circles

How many generations are depicted in the described pedigree?

• 4

• 2

• 1

• 3

What does a shaded shape represent in the pedigree?

• Female gender

• Dominant trait

• Recessive trait

• Male gender

What type of trait is being tracked in the pedigree?

• Sex-linked recessive

• Sex-linked dominant

• Autosomal recessive

• Autosomal dominant

How many chromosomes are autosomes in human body cells?

• 44

• 22

• 46

• 2

What is the genotype of a shaded individual for the tracked trait?

• EE

• Ee

• ee

• eE

What is the correct genotype of the father in the first generation if he is not shaded?

• Cannot be determined

• Ee

• EE

• ee

What does the presence of a marriage line between two shapes indicate?

• Unrelated individuals

• Children

• Marriage

• Siblings

What is the phenotype of the paternal grandfather?

• Free earlobes

• Attached earlobes

• Carrier of free earlobes

• Cannot be determined

What possible genotypes can the paternal grandmother have?

• EE only

• Ee only

• EE or Ee

• ee only