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Pedigrees

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many alleles does a child get from each parent for a trait?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

2.

Aa, DD, Bb, yy are all examples of ---

a)

genotypes.

b)

phenotypes.

3.

What you see, or the physical appearance of an organism, is called the ---

a)

genotype.

b)

phenotype.

4.
What do we use pedigrees for?
a)
To look at families
b)
To make determinations about the offspring
c)
To track traits in families
d)
Nothing
5.

In a pedigree, which shape represents a male?

a)

circle

b)

square

6.

Which gender has an X and a Y chromosome?

a)

male

b)

female

7.

On a pedigree, this symbol represents a ----

a)

not affected male.

b)

not affected female.

c)

affected male.

d)

affected female.

8.

How many individuals are there in the 3rd generation?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

9.

How are individuals III-2 and II-4 related?

a)

Brother and sister

b)

Dad and daughter

c)

Uncle and niece

d)

Grandfather and granddaughter

10.

What is the mode of inheritance shown here?

a)

Recessive because it "skips" a generation

b)

Dominant because it shows up in every generation

11.

On this pedigree, the allele for curly hair is dominant. The couple labeled 2 both have curly hair, but have a daughter who does not have curly hair. Therefore, we can tell from the chart that for the couple labeled 2 -

a)

the male is heterozygous and the female is heterozygous.

b)

the male is homozygous recessive and the female is homozygous dominant.

12.
How many generations are shown in this pedigree?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
13.
How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
14.
Is this trait (the shaded individuals) dominant or recessive?
a)
dominant
b)
recessive
15.

If this pedigree shows a recessive disorder, what MUST the genotype of individual 4 be?

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

hh