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Ch 15 Genetics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Examine the pedigree chart . Which of the following individuals is affected by this trait?

a)

II- 2

b)

IV- 1

c)

III-3

d)

II-5

2.

How many children did I-1 and I-2 have?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

6

3.

How many daughters did I-1 and I-2 have?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

4.

Who is affected by this trait?

a)

Females only

b)

Males only

c)

Both Females and Males

5.

What kind of inheritance pattern is this pedigree showing?

a)

Recessive Trait

b)

Dominant Trait

c)

Codominant Trait

d)

Multiple Alleles

6.

Colorblindness is a sex linked disorder. Ava is heterozygous for the colorblindness gene. Her husband Mario has normal vision. What is Mario's genotype?

a)

XY

b)

XbY

c)

XBY

d)

XYb

7.

Colorblindness is a sex linked disorder. Ava is heterozygous for the colorblindness gene. Her husband Mario has normal vision. What is Ava's genotype?

a)

XBXB

b)

XbXb

c)

XX

d)

XBXb

8.

Colorblindness is a sex linked disorder. Ava is heterozygous for the colorblindness gene. Her husband Mario has normal vision. If they have children what percent of their children will be color blind? Hint: set up a punnett square

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

9.

Alice has A blood and her husband Mark has B blood. Their first child , Amanda, has type O blood. Their second child has Alex, has type AB blood. What is Mark's genotype?

a)

BB

b)

AB

c)

IAIB

d)

IBi

10.

Alice has A blood and her husband Mark has B blood. Their first child , Amanda, has type O blood. Their second child has Alex, has type AB blood. What is Alice's genotype?

a)

AA

b)

IAi

c)

AB

d)

IAIA

11.

If the man with type O blood and the woman with type AB blood had children, what would the possible genotypes of their offspring be?*Hint make a punnett square

a)

1/2 Type O and 1/2 type AB

b)

1/2 Type A, 1/2 type B

c)

4/4 Type AB

d)

1/4 Type O, 1/4 Type A, 1/4 Type B, 1/4 Type AB

12.

A woman has type AB blood. What is her genotype.

a)

oo

b)

IAIB

c)

ii

d)

AB

13.

A man has type O blood. What is his genotype?

a)

oo

b)

IoIo

c)

ii

d)

IAi

14.

Which parental pair could produce females with colorblindness?

a)

heterozygous normal visioned mother and father with colorblindness

b)

heterozygous normal visioned mother and father with normal visiond.

c)

homozygous normal vision mother and father with colorblindness

d)

mother with color blindness and normal vision father

15.

A common genetic disorder characterized by bent and twisted red blood cells is

a)

cystic fibrosis

b)

hemophilia

c)

sickle cell disease

d)

muscular dystrophy

16.

Hemophilia is a genetic disorder that is

a)

sex linked

b)

sex-influenced

c)

fairly common

d)

more common in women than men

17.

Most sex linked genes are found on the

a)

Y chromosome

b)

O chromosome

c)

YY chromosome

d)

X chromosome

18.

The failure of chromosomes to separate during meiosis is called

a)

x chromosome inactivation

b)

nondisjunction

c)

hybridization

d)

PCR

19.

A normal human diploid zygote contains a full set of

a)

23 chromosomes

b)

46 chromosomes

c)

44 chromosomes

d)

XXY chromosomes

20.

An example of a trait that is determined by multiple alleles is

a)

ABO blood types

b)

Huntington’s disease

c)

down syndrome

d)

hemophilia