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WorksheetsUnit 7 Study Guide: Genetics
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 41mins
Which genotype below represents a homozygous trait?
Aa
AA
aA
A hitched thumb is a recessive trait. A person with a hitched thumb would have a genotype of?
BB
Bb
bb
bB
Each organism has 2 alleles for a particular trait. Where do these two alleles come from?
One from each parent
Both from one parent
Alleles do not come from parents
The kidney
The ability to roll your tongue is a dominant trait. If both parents are heterozygous for tongue rolling and they have 8 children together, is it possible that they could have children who are unable to roll their tongues?
Yes
No
Not enough information
What is the genotype for #15?
rr
Rr
RR
rR
What is the genotype for #16?
RR
Rr
rr
rR
A male heterozygous for widow’s peak marries a female without a widow’s peak.
Widow’s peak is a dominant trait (H) not having a widow’s peak is recessive (h).
What is the male's genotype?
HH
Hh
Widow's Peak
No Widow's Peak
A male heterozygous for widow’s peak marries a female without a widow’s peak.
Widow’s peak is a dominant trait (H) not having a widow’s peak is recessive (h).
What is the male's phenotype?
HH
Hh
Widow's Peak
No Widow's Peak
A male heterozygous for widow’s peak marries a female without a widow’s peak.
Widow’s peak is a dominant trait (H) not having a widow’s peak is recessive (h).
Use the Punnett Square on Widow's Peal to answer the following question:
What percent of the children will have widow's peak?
25%
50%
75%
100%
An organism’s physical appearance of visible traits is a _____________.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
An organism’s genetic makeup is a _________________.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
An organism’s genetic makeup is a _________________.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Has 2 of the same alleles is __________________.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
Has 2 different alleles is _____________________.
Genotype
Phenotype
Homozygous
Heterozygous
A woman homozygous for A blood marries a man heterozygous for B blood. What is the probability that they will produce offspring with AB blood?
0%
25%
50%
75%
What is the chance of a parent with blood types AB and a parent with blood type O producing an offspring with blood type O?
0%
25%
50%
100%
A roan cow shows co-dominance in fur color (red and white). What is the expected phenotypic ratio if a roan cow and a roan steer mate together?
100% Red
1: Red: 1 White
1 Red: 1 Roan
1: Red: 2 Roan: 1 White
A red flowered plant is crossed with a white flowered plant. The gene for petal color in these plants expresses incomplete dominance. What percentage of the offspring will have pink flowers?
0%
25%
50%
100%
In chickens, feather color is codominant. If a homozygous black chicken is mated with one that is heterozygous black and white, what is the probability of having a chicken that is black and white?
1/4
1/2
3/4
100%
The different forms of a gene are called
traits
pollinators
alleles
hybrids
Which of the following explains the appearance of the trait for white flowers in the offspring that neither parent possesses?
law of independent assortment
Mitosis
genetic recombination during meiosis
law of segregation
Colorblindness is a recessive X-linked disorder.
Which genotype represents a male with normal vision?
XN YN
Xn Yn
XN Y
Xn Y
What would the genotype be of a colorblind male?
XNY
XNYn
XnY
XnYn
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 ?
male with white eyes
female with red eyes
male with red eyes
female with white eyes
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 ?
male with white eyes
female with white eyes
male with red eyes
female with red eyes
Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because......
fathers pass the allele for colorblindness to their sons only
the allele for colorblindness is located on the Y chromosome
the allele for colorblindness is recessive and located on the X chromosome
males who are colorblind have two copies of the allele for colorblindness
The woman who is colorblind marries a man with normal vision. What is the probability that their sons will be colorblind?
0%
25%
50%
100%
Based off this punnett square, what fraction of the offspring will have wrinkled, yellow seeds?
9/16
3/16
1/16
16/16
