Punnett Squares

In pea plants, the tall allele is dominant to the short allele. What key would demonstrate this?

• Tall = T
  Short = S
• Tall = T
  Short = t
• Tall = t
  Short = T
• Tall = TT
  Short = tt

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A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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A heterozygous long-tusked elephant is crossed with a homozygous recessive short-tusked elephant. What is the probability of the offspring having short tusks?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Georgette wants to breed her pet phoenixes, but she isn't sure if the babies will burst into blue flames or red flames. Her documents show that her female phoenix is homozygous dominant for red flames, while her male phoenix is homozygous recessive for blue flames. What color flames will the babies have?

• Red
• Blue
• Purple
• 50% Red, 50% Blue

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What is the probability of a purple-horned unicorn if a heterozygous pink-horned unicorn is crossed with a heterozygous pink-horned unicorn?

• 0%
• 25%
• 50%
• 75%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Leonardo bet his friend Olivet that two heterozygous green-eyed sea monsters could not have a recessive blue-eyed baby sea monster. Olivet said they can have a blue-eyed sea monster.
Who wins the bet?

• Leonardo
• Olivet
• Both
• Neither

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

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Identify the homozygous dominant genotype:

• FF
• Ff
• ff

Bob the abominable snowman lives in the snowy Andes mountains. He has white fur, which blends in nicely. He is therefore dismayed when his mate keeps having red-furred babies. What is Bob's likely genotype?

• Homozygous Dominant
• Heterozygous
• Homozygous Recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Dominant or recessive?
tt

• Dominant 
• Recessive

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Dominant or recessive?
Dd

• Dominant
• recessive
• neither
• homozygous

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1