WorksheetsPedigree
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What does a filled in square represent?
a)
Not affected Female
b)
Not affected Male
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
2.
How many generations are shown in this pedigree?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
3.
How many kids did the mother and father from the first generation have?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
4.
This pedigree represents the inheritance of hemophilia in this family. How many of the females have the hemophilia trait?
a)
8
b)
5
c)
2
d)
3
5.
What do half colored symbols represent?
a)
The individual is a carrier (heterozygous).
b)
The individual expresses the trait.
c)
The individual has both recessive alleles.
d)
The individual has both dominant alleles.
6.
What does an open circle represent?
a)
Not Affected Male
b)
Not Affected Female
c)
Affected Male
d)
Affected Female
7.
What is this?
a)
Pedigree
b)
Karyotype
c)
Venn diagram
d)
Punnett Square
8.
Which gender can be carriers of colorblindness and not have it?
a)
Just males
b)
Just females
c)
Both genders
9.
How many people in this whole pedigree have the trait/disease?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
4
d)
6
10.
In the second generation-how many people are carriers of the trait?
a)
2
b)
3
c)
5
d)
6
11.
Which term correctly describes an individual with a pair of the same alleles for a trait?
a)
homologous
b)
heterozygous
c)
homozygous
d)
heterologus
12.
An individual with two different alleles for a specific trait is said to be _____________.
a)
homozygous
b)
heterogenous
c)
homogenous
d)
heterozygous
13.
Phenotype refers to the _________ of an individual
a)
genetic makeup
b)
physical appearance
c)
recessive alleles
d)
dominant alleles
14.
Give the genotype for person III-3
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
15.
Give the genotype for person II-1
a)
GG
b)
Gg
c)
gg
16.
What do we use pedigrees for?
a)
To look at families
b)
To make determinations about the offspring
c)
To track traits in families
d)
Nothing
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