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Worksheets5 - Genetics Review
Total questions: 57
Worksheet time: 59mins
In cats, the allele for short hair (H) is dominant to the allele for long hair (h).
A heterozygous short-hair cat is crossed with a long-hair cat.
What percentage of the offspring is expected to be heterozygous for hair length?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
Many farmers prefer cattle without horns because it is safer for their herds. The allele for no horns (N) is dominant to the allele for the presence of horns (n).
A farmer mates a male with horns to a heterozygous female without horns.
What is the chance that the offspring will have horns?
1/4
1/2
3/4
1
In horses, the allele for straight hair (H) is dominant, and the allele for curly hair (h) is recessive. A horse breeder mates a homozygous dominant mother with a heterozygous male.
What is the chance that the offspring will have straight hair?
1/4
1/2
3/4
4/4
In mussels, brown coloring (B) is dominant, and blue coloring (b) is recessive.
A homozygous brown mussel crosses with a blue mussel.
What percentage of offspring are expected to be blue?
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
In tomatoes, tall vines (T) are dominant to dwarf vines (t), and red fruit (R) is dominant to yellow fruit (r). A farmer mates a homozygous tall, red tomato plant (TTRR) with a heterozygous tall, red tomato plant (TtRr).
What is the fraction of offspring that will be dwarf plants with yellow fruit?
0
1/16
3/16
9/16
In guinea pigs, black hair (B) is dominant to brown hair (b) and short hair (H) is dominant to long hair (h). A black, long-haired guinea pig (Bbhh) is crossed with a brown, short-haired guinea pig (bbHh).
What percentage of the offspring will be black with long hair?
0
1/4
3/8
3/16
Where are "Genes" found?
Mitochondria
Cytoplasm
Centrosomes
Chromosomes
How many chromosomes do humans have?
23
92
46
184
The above karyotype is:
a boy with Downs Syndrome
a boy with Kleinfelter Syndrome
a girl with Downs Syndrome
a girl with Kleinfelter Syndrome
a photograph or picture of chromosomes grouped in ordered pairs is a ______________
pedigree
Punnett Square
Venn Diagram
Karyotype
Who is known as the "father of genetics"?
Charles Darwin
Karl Ernst von Baer
Gregor Mendel
Francis Franklin
Alleles (example: H or h) are alternative forms of a gene. How many alleles does a baby guinea pig inherit from their mother?
1
2
23
whichever one is dominant
A HETEROZYGOUS individual would have the genotype:
Hh
hh
HH
Hi
In pea plants, tall (T) plant alleles are dominant to short (t) plant alleles. If two tall plants (each with the genotype Tt) are crossed, what is the probability that the cross would result in a short pea plant?
25%
50%
75%
100%
Brown eyes (B) are dominant to blue eyes (b). Determine the phenotype for a child with the genotype - Bb
(a)
Codominance occurs in calico cats, which allows for the Black and Tan colors to show. What percentage of the offspring represented in this P square will be calico (black and tan spotted)?
25%
50%
75%
100%
Snap dragon color is a incomplete dominant trait. A red flower (RR) is crossed with white flower (WW)? What color are flowers that are RW?
Red and white spotted
Red
Pink
White
H= normal blood clotting
h=hemophilia
XHXh x XHY
What is the probability that any of their offspring will have hemophilia?
4/4
3/4
2/4
1/4
What do the circles represent?
Male
Female
What do the squares represent?
Male
Female
Examine the parents in generation I. How many children do they have?
3
5
6
7
The shaded shapes represent individuals with attached earlobes (ee). What is the genotype of the generation I parents?
ee
Ee
EE
It is not possible to determine
Match each genotype to its description
HOMOZYGOUS DOMINANT
RR
HETEROZYGOUS
Rr
HOMOZYGOUS
RECESSIVE
rr
Match the following genotypes and allelles.
RR
Homozygous Dominant
Bb
Heterozygous
dd
Homozygous Recessive
G
Dominant Allele
g
Recessive Allele
(a) is another term used for homozygous alelles
Match the following terms related to the work of Gregor Mendel
dominant allele
trait will always show up if the allele is present
recessive allele
trait will show up only when the dominant is not present
segregation
separation of alleles during gamete formation
gametes
sex cells
principle of dominance
some alleles are dominant, some are recessive
What goes in box 15
aabb
AABB
aaBB
AAbb
(RRYY x rryy)
R = round seeds, r = wrinkled seeds Y = yellow seeds, y = green seeds
What percent will have Round and Yellow seeds?
What is the genotype for a pea plant homozygous for round seeds (R), and heterozygous for yellow seeds?
RrYy
RRyy
RRYy
rryy
A pair of identical chromosomes (one inherited from mom and one inherited from dad) are called ______________________________.
sister chromotids
centromeres
homologous chromosomes
autosomes
The failure of one or more pairs of homologous chromosomes or sister chromatids to separate "normally" during meiosis is called _____________________.
nondisjunction
anaphase I
nondiploidy
karyotype
The trait this pedigree traces is recessive because it skips a generation and individuals can be carriers. What is the most likely genotype for person III-3?
GG
Gg
gg
The karyotype diagram below represents a human female with the genetic disorder known as Turner syndrome. Chromosomal analysis of this karyotype reveals the mutation is a result of
a missing X chromosome
a missing Y chromosome
an extra 21 chromosome
missing chromosome #9
The karyotype diagram below represents a human male. Chromosomal analysis of this karyotype reveals the abnormality in this karyotype is:
a missing X chromosome
a missing Y chromosome
an extra 21 chromosome
missing chromosome #9
This is known as Edwards Syndrome, can you identify which chromosome is trisomy?
Chromosomes 1 and 2 are bent
There is no Y chromosome
This persons chromosomes are normal
There are 3 of chromosomes 18
Which of the following are genotypes for blood type B?
IA IA and IA IB
IB IB and ii
IB IB and IB i
IA IB and IA IB
In the image above, what is the percentage of the offspring has the possibility of inheriting blood type O?
0%
25%
50%
100%
Which of the following genotypes code for the blood type AB?
IA IA and IA IB
IA IB only
IA IB and IB i
ii only
