Punnett Squares

Dominant alleles are represented by a:

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

Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of

• genotypes
• phenotypes

In a heterozygous genotype, the ___________ allele takes over in the phenotype.

• recessive
• dominant
• lower case letter
• both 

T - tall and t = short

In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt

• Tt

• Bb

• TT

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

B = brown eyes

b = blue eyes

One brother has genotype BB and the other brother has genotype Bb.

Which statement is true about these two brothers?

• They have same phenotype and genotype

• They have different phenotypes and genotypes

• They have same phenotype, but different genotypes

• They have different phenotypes, but the same genotype

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?

• Bb
• BB
• bb
• B

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?

• Yy

• yY

• yy

• YY

Which of the following genotypes is homozygous recessive?

• Tt

• tt

• TT

• tT

In mice, black fur (B) is dominant to white fur (b). According to the Punnett square shown, the offspring in box 4 would:

• be white.

• be heterozygous.

• be gray.

• be homozygous.

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In mice, black fur (B) is dominant to white fur (b). According to the Punnett square shown, how many offspring would be black?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2