WorksheetsGenetics and Meiosis
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 44mins
Parkinson's disease is a disorder of the central nervous system that affects movement. Patients with Parkinson's disease often have tremors. Parkinson's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder.
Suppose that Teresa's genotype is (Pp) and her husband's genotype is (pp). What are the chances that their son, Richard, will also have Parkinson's?
0%
25%
50%
75%
Horses can have different coat colors. Assume that coat color in horses is determined by a single gene and that the allele for a black coat (B) is dominant over the allele for a red coat (b). In a cross between two horses that have red coats, what percentage of the offspring will have black coats?
0%
25%
50%
100%
Kangaroos are common animals in Australia. Most kangaroos have a light brown coat but every once in a while a kangaroo might be born with a genetic condition called albinism in which their coat is white. Albinism is a recessive disorder. If two kangaroos with normal coat coloring mate and have an albino kangaroo, what can we say about their genotypes?
Both parents are homozygous dominant
Both parents are heterozygous
Both parents are homozygous recessive
There is not enough information to determine the genotype of the parents
In humans, brown eyes are dominant to blue eyes. A homozygous brown-eyed human (BB) is crossed with a homozygous blue-eyed human (bb). What is the predicted phenotypes of the offspring?
All offspring will have blue eyes
All offspring will have brown eyes
Of the offspring, 75% will have blue eyes and 25% will have brown eyes
Of the offspring, 75% will have brown eyes and 25% will have blue eyes
What is the genotype of individual 5 in generation III?
FF
Ff
ff
The genotype cannot be determined from the information provided
Blahblah birds are a common bird in the forests of Oz. A cross between a blue blahblah bird (BB) and a white blahblah bird (WW) produces offspring that are silver (BW). What kind of inheritance pattern is this called?
Classic dominance
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Sex-linked trait
The eye color of Drosophila fruit flies is an x-linked trait. Read eyes (R) are dominant over white eyes (r). In a cross between a white eyed female and a red eyed male, what will be their phenotypes of their offspring?
All offspring will have white eyes
All females will have red eyes and all males will have white eyes
All males will have red eyes and all females will have white eyes
Half of the males and females will have red eyes and half of the males and females will have white eyes
What will most likely cause a mutation that will be passed on to future offspring?
A gamete with one less chromosome
Vaping smoke altering a single gene in the lungs
Acid spill altering nerve cell function
Chemotherapy changing the DNA sequence in heart cells
Gametes must be _________ because ___________.
haploid; two gametes will unite during fertilization to create a diploid zygote
diploid; two gametes will unite during fertilization to create a diploid zygote
haploid; two gametes unite during fertilization to create a haploid zygote
diploid; two gametes unite during fertilization to create a haploid zygote
How is this trait inherited?
Autosomal dominant
Autosomal recessive
Sex-linked dominant
Sex-linked recessive
At the end of Meiotic cell division, the gametes that produce sperm and egg cells are _________ by ___________%
increased; 50%
increased; 25%
decreased; 50%
decreased; 25%
In Four-O'Clock flowers, flower color is incompletely dominant. Flower color can be red (R), white (W), or pink (RW). Cross a red flower with a pink flower. What is the phenotypic ratio of the potential offspring?
4:0
3:1
2:2
1:2:1
Inheritance of traits is determined by _________.
a factor that only involves the mother
a factor that only involves the father
two factors that involve both parents
random chance involving no individuals
If a woman is heterozygous (Aa) for a trait, what would her eggs contain
100% of her eggs would contain both alleles
50% of her eggs would contain the dominant (A) allele and 50% of her eggs would contain the recessive (a) allele
50% of her eggs would contain two of the dominant (A) alleles and 50% of her eggs would contain two of the recessive (a) alleles
Her eggs would not contain any of the alleles
A duck has two ducklings, one with yellow feathers and a long beak and the other with yellow feathers and a short beak. The fact that the ducklings can have the same feather color but different beak size is explained by the ________.
Principle of Natural Selection
Newton's First Law of Motion
Law of Segregation
Law of Independent Assortment
A roan cow shows both traits for a red coat and a white coat. What kind of allele expression is this?
Complete dominance
Incomplete dominance
Independent assortment
Codominance
Which of Mendel's laws states that allele pairs separate during gamete formation and randomly unite at fertilization?
Law of Incomplete Dominance
Law of Segregation
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Complete Dominance
Cells undergo __________ to produce gametes which result in a ____________ cell.
Mitosis; haploid
Mitosis; diploid
Meiosis; haploid
Meiosis; diploid
Which of Mendel's laws states that when two or more characteristics are inherited, individual alleles assort randomly during gamete production, giving different traits an equal opportunity of coming together?
Law of Incomplete Dominance
Law of Segregation
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Complete Dominance
In rabbits, white fur (W) is dominant to black (w), and long ears (E) are dominant to short ears (e). What are the expected phenotypes of the rabbit offspring of a rabbit with white fur and long ears (WWEe) is crossed with a rabbit with black fur and short ears (wwee).
50% with white fur and long ears and 50% with white fur and short ears.
50% with white fur and long ears and 50% with black fur and short ears.
75% with white fur and long ears and 25% with black fur and short ears.
75% with white fur and short ears and 25% with black fur and long ears.
A woman with type A blood is claiming that a man with type AB blood is the father of her child, who is also type AB. Could this man be the father?
Yes
No
A man who has type B blood (genotype: BB) is married to a woman with type O blood. What blood type will their children have?
Type A
Type B
Type AB
Type O
