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Multiple alleles/Sex Linked Traits

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R X r ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with red eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with white eyes

2.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X R Y ?

a)

male with white eyes

b)

female with white eyes

c)

male with red eyes

d)

female with red eyes

3.

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r). What is the sex and eye color of flies with the following genotype: X r Y ?

a)

male with red eyes

b)

female with red eyes

c)

male with white eyes

d)

female with white eyes

4.

H= normal blood clotting

h=hemophilia


XHXh x XHY


What is the probability that any of their offspring will have hemophilia?

a)

4/4

b)

3/4

c)

2/4

d)

1/4

5.
Hemophilia is a recessive x-linked disorder. According to the Punnett square, what percentage of offspring will have the disorder?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
6.

If the offsprings have the blood groups O and A the genotype of parents would be

a)

IAIA and IAi

b)

IA i and ii

c)

IAIA and IAIA

d)

IA i and IBi

7.

What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have?

a)

O and AB

b)

O and A

c)

O and B

d)

A and B

8.

There are multiple alleles for the ABO blood group. Why are only two of these alleles present in any one individual?

a)

Each parent contributes only one allele for the ABO blood group to the offspring.

b)

There are not enough nucleotides in a red blood cell to produce a third allele.

c)

Each allele in the ABO group must be dominant or recessive

d)

Blood group alleles are not segregated during meiosis.

9.

A personal with type AB blood has which genotype?

a)

type A

b)

AA

c)

IAIA

d)

IAIB

10.

A man with type O blood is accused of being the father of a type B baby. The mother is type A. Could this man be the father?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

The physical appearance of an organisms is its

a)

Genotype

b)

Phenotype

c)

characteristic

d)

Heterozygous

12.

A single gene has 3 or more alleles. These are called

a)

multiple genes

b)

multiple alleles

c)

codominance

d)

polygenic traits

13.

AB blood type is an example of what type of inheritance? Both alleles show in the phenotype

a)

complete dominance

b)

incomplete dominance

c)

codominance

d)

polygenic inheritance

14.
Homozygous is when...
a)
the alleles are the same
b)
the alleles are different
c)
the alleles are absent
d)
the alleles are present
15.
If a father is AA and a mother is AB, what is the probability for a child with AB blood? 
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
75%
16.

Write the GENOTYPE for a person who is homozygous for type B blood

(a)  

17.

How many recessive genes does a carrier female have for colorblindness?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

0

18.

Muscular dystrophy is a sex-linked recessive disorder. A man with muscular dystrophy marries a woman who doesn’t have this disease. Half of their daughters and half of their sons develop this disease. What is the genotype of the mother?

a)

XNXN

b)

XNXn

c)

Xn

d)

XN

19.
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 pink (RW) flowers?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
20.
This is an example of ___________.
a)
 Incomplete Dominance
b)
 Codominance