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sex-linked, codominance, multiple alleles, dihybrid crosses

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What gamete possibilities could come from this parent's genotype?
a)
AB, AB, aB, aB
b)
Ab, AB, Ab, ab
c)
Ab, Ab, Ab, Ab
d)
AB, aB, ab, aB
2.

What goes in box 3

a)

Aabb

b)

AABB

c)

AAbb

d)

aaBb

3.
What genotype is missing from this Punnett Square?
a)
RrYy
b)
RRYY
c)
rryy
d)
RrYY
4.
Based off this punnett square, what fraction of the offspring will have wrinkled, yellow seeds?
a)
9/16
b)
3/16
c)
1/16
d)
16/16
5.
A male beetle has the genotype Ttbb. If this beetle mates with a female with genotype TTBb, what is the chance their offspring will have the genotype TtBb?
a)
3/16
b)
4/16
c)
8/16
d)
12/16
6.
Aa, DD, bB, yy are all examples of
a)
genotypes
b)
phenotypes
7.
Which of the following genotypes is heterozygous?
a)
Bb
b)
BB
c)
bb
d)
B
8.
Which of the following genotypes is homozygous dominant?
a)
A
b)
Aa
c)
AA
d)
aa
9.

This image is an example of a _____________ cross.

a)

Monohybrid

b)

Dihybrid

c)

Purebred

d)

Pure Breeding

10.
An organism’s genetic makeup, or allele combinations
a)
Recessive
b)
Genotype
c)
Phenotype
d)
Heterozygous
11.
Cross Two Homozygous plants
(
RRYY x rryy)
R = round seeds, r  = wrinkled seeds Y = yellow seeds, y = green seeds
What percent will have Round and Yellow seeds? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
12.
What proportion of the offspring in Figure 11-4 would be expected to have white, smooth hair?
a)
9/16
b)
3/16
c)
4/16
d)
1/16
13.

A white mouse with red eyes is crossed with a black mouse with brown eyes. The white mouse is recessive for both of its traits. The black mouse is dominant for both of its traits.

This cross would be

a)

BBEE x bbee

b)

BBEe x BbEe

c)

BbEE x BbEe

d)

BBee x BBEE

14.

What percent of the parakeets from this cross look like the first parent in P1?

a)

7

b)

8

c)

9

d)

11

15.

A white mouse with red eyes is crossed with a black mouse with brown eyes. The white mouse is recessive for both of its traits. The black mouse is dominant for both of its traits.

This cross would be

a)

BBEE x bbee

b)

BBEe x BbEe

c)

BbEE x BbEe

d)

BBee x BBEE

16.

In cacti, long arms (A) are dominant to short arms (a). Suppose 2 heterozygous cacti are crossed. What percentage of their offspring are expected to have short arms?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

75%

d)

100%

17.

If a heterozygous tall pea plant is crossed with a short pea plant, what are the possible genotypes of the future offspring?

a)

100% Tt

b)

50% Tt, 50% tt

c)

75%Tt, 25%tt

d)

25%TT, 50%Tt, 25%tt

18.

Purple is dominant to white. A heterozygous purple flower is crossed with a white flower. What are the genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring?

a)

100% Pp (purple)

b)

50% Pp (purple); 50% pp (white)

c)

75% Pp (purple); 25% pp (white)

d)

25% PP, 50% Pp, 25% pp

75% purple, 25% white

19.
How can two parents with brown eyes have a child with blue eyes?
a)
The parents may both have recessive genes for blue eyes.
b)
The child was born during the winter
c)
Eye color in humans is not an inherited trait
d)
The child was deprived of oxygen during its birth
20.
Donkey and the fire-breathing dragon have lots of babies.  If breathing fire is a recessive trait (f), what must be Donkey’s genotype if they have a baby that breathes fire?
a)
FF
b)
ff
c)
Ff
d)
F
21.

What is the correct prediction when crossing a homozygous dominant parent with a homozygous recessive parent in a dihybrid cross?

a)

75% dominant, 25% recessive

b)

1:2:1

c)

9:3:3:1

d)

100% heterozygous

22.

What is the correct phenotype ratio when crossing two heterozygous parents in a dihybrid cross?

a)

100% heterozygous

b)

1:2:1

c)

3:1

d)

9:3:3:1

23.

Determine the probability that an Aa individual will be produced from an Aa x Aa cross

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

50%

d)

75%

24.
Mike has type O+ blood. Mike is a Universal Recipient.
a)
True
b)
False
25.

Jim has type AB blood. His dad could be type O.

a)

True

b)

False

26.
If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which of the following blood types would you likely be?
a)
O
b)
AB
c)
A or B
d)
Any
27.
Blood type is determined by the antigens.
a)
True
b)
False
28.

What is the genotype for someone who has Type AB blood?

a)

IAi

b)

IAIB

c)

IBi

d)

ii

29.

What is the probability of a person who is Type O blood and a person who is Type AB blood having a kid who is Type A Blood?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

75%

e)

100%

30.
Colorblindness is a sex-linked recessive disorder. A normal woman whose father was colorblind marries a man with normal color vision. What percentage of their sons will be colorblind?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
31.
Hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive disorder. A woman with hemophilia marries an unaffected man whose father had hemophilia. What percentage of their daughters will have hemophilia?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
32.
Colorblindness is a sex-linked recessive disorder. If the daughter of a couple is colorblind, what are the two possible genotypes of her mother?
a)
XAXA and XAXa
b)
XAXA and XaXa
c)
XAXa and XaXa
d)
Cannot be determined
33.
If a trait shows up more commonly in men than women it is probably
a)
not inherited
b)
on the x chromosome and dominant
c)
on the x chromosome and recessive
d)
on a normal body chromosome
34.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
a)
XHXh
b)
XhXh
c)
XHXH
d)
XhY
35.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a male with hemophilia?
a)
XHXh
b)
XhXh
c)
XHY
d)
XhY
36.
Colorblindness is a recessive x-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a male with normal vision?
a)
XNXN
b)
XnXn
c)
XNY
d)
XnY
37.
Which of the following genotypes belongs in the red box in the Punnett square?
a)
XBXb
b)
XbXb
c)
XbY
d)
XBY
38.

Vitamin D resistant rickets (deformed bone formation) is a sex-linked DOMINANT trait. According to the Punnett square, what percentage of female offspring will have the disorder?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

39.

The blending of two traits is known as ---

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

40.

A condition in which both alleles for a gene are expressed so that both traits are visible is known as ---

a)

Codominance

b)

Incomplete dominance

41.

A calico cat shows both the traits for orange fur and black fur. What kind of allele expression is this?

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

42.

This is an example of ---

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

43.

This is an example of ---

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

44.

What does this Punnett square and the probabilities of the ofspring represent?

a)

incomplete dominance

b)

codominance

45.

A woman with curly hair and a man with straight hair produced a child with wavy hair:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

46.

Some flowers are controlled by codominance. Red flowers (FRFR), blue flowers (FBFB) and Speckled flowers (FRFB).


Cross a red flower with a speckled flower. What is the phenotypic ratio?

a)

50% red, 50% speckled

b)

25% red, 25% blue

c)

100% blue

47.

A red flowered plant (RR) is crossed with a white flowered plant (WW). The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance. What percentage of the offspring will have red (RR) flowers?

a)

0%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

48.
In chickens, feather color is codominant.  If a black chicken BB is mated with one that is black and white (BW) what are the chances of having a chicken that is black and white?
a)
50%
b)
0%
c)
25%
d)
100%
49.
In some carnations, flower color exhibits codominance.  Identify the correct genotypes for red, white, and speckled carnations.
a)
Red = RR, white = rr, speckled = Rr
b)
Red = RR, white = WW, speckled = rw
c)
Red = RR, white = ww, Speckled = Rw
d)
Red = RR, white = WW, speckled = RW
50.
Snap dragon color is a incomplete dominant trait.  A red flower (RR) is crossed with white flower (rr)? What color are flowers that are Rr?
a)
Red
b)
Red and White
c)
White
d)
Pink
51.

Which of the following are genotypes for blood type B?

a)

IA IA and IA IB

b)

IB IB and ii

c)

IB IB and IB i

d)

IA IB and IA IB

52.

Which of the following is true about blood type O?

a)

It contains antigen A only.

b)

It contains antigen B only.

c)

It contains both antigen A and antigen B.

d)

It doesn’t contain antigen A or antigen B.

53.

A brown rooster and a white chicken produced this speckled offspring:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

54.

A black male and white female produced this grey offspring:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

55.

A pink flower and a white flower produced this offspring:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

56.

A pink flower and a white flower produced this offspring:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

57.

A man with blue eyes and a woman with brown eyes produced a child with brown eyes:

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

58.

Which of the following is NOT true of dominant genes?

a)

Dominant genes are always expressed wherever they are present.

b)

A dominant gene will overpower all other genes to be the only one expressed.

c)

Two dominant genes can be expressed together in a situation of co-dominance.

d)

None of the above.

59.

"The offspring's phenotype is an intermediate (blended) phenotype of the two parental phenotypes"

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance

60.

"The offspring's phenotype has independent and equal expression of both parental phenotypes"

a)

Incomplete dominance

b)

Codominance

c)

Complete dominance