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Sex-linked and Pedigrees

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Colorblindness is a recessive X-linked disorder.

Which genotype represents a male with normal vision?

a)

XN YN

b)

Xn Yn

c)

XN Y

d)

Xn Y

2.
In fruit flies, red eye color (R) is a sex-linked trait that is dominant over white eye color (r).  According to the Punnett square, what percentage of female offspring will have white eyes?
a)
0%
b)
25%
c)
50%
d)
100%
3.

Duchenne muscular dystrophy 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%

4.

Males are more likely to suffer from a sex-linked disease or disorder because...

a)

males are the weaker sex

b)

males have less DNA

c)

males have 1 X chromosome, so the disorder is more likely to be expressed

d)

females are the stronger sex

5.
How many affected females are present? 
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
6.

Give the genotype for person II-1, for this autosomal trait.

a)

GG

b)

Gg

c)

gg

d)

we cannot be 100% sure of the genotype

7.

If hemophilia is a sex-linked recessive trait, what genotype would individual III-3 have?

a)

XhX

b)

XhXh

c)

XhYh

d)

XhY

8.

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

a)

HH

b)

Hh

c)

hh

9.
Hemophilia is a recessive sex-linked trait. If H = normal & h = has hemophilia, which genotype represents a male with hemophilia. 
a)
XHY
b)
XHXh
c)
XhXh
d)
Xh
10.

This trait is

a)

autosomal recessive.

b)

sex-linked recessive.

c)

autosomal dominant.

11.

Color blindness is carried by the X chromosome.


A mother is a carrier of color blindness. Her husband has normal vision.


The probability of having a color blind offspring is (a)   percent.

12.

In a cross between a pure red eyed female and a white eyed male, what would the genotypes of the parents be?

a)

XRXr with XR Y

b)

XRXr with Xr Y

c)

XRXR with XR Y

d)

XRXR with Xr Y

e)

XrXr with Xr Y

13.

Look at this cross: XB XB x Xb Y

What proportion/percent of the male children are colorblind?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

25%

d)

0%

14.

Look at this cross: XBXb x XBY


What proportion of the male children are colorblind?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

15.

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