WorksheetsNon mendelian Genetics
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 17mins
In fruit flies, eye color is a sex-linked trait. Red (R) is dominant to white (r).
Which genotype shows a female fly with white eyes?
XRXr
XRXR
XrXr
Which genotype shows a male with white eyes?
R = Red, r= white
XrY
XRY
XBXb
XbXb
XbY
XBY
Which genotype represents a female who is a carrier for hemophilia?
XHXh
XhXh
XHXH
XhY
A woman with curly hair and a man with straight hair produced a child with wavy hair:
Incomplete dominance
Codominance
Complete dominance
Some flowers are controlled by codominance. Red flowers (RR), blue flowers (BB) and Speckled flowers (RB).
Cross a red flower with a speckled flower. What is the phenotypic ratio?
50% red, 50% speckled
25% red, 25% blue
100% blue
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 red (RR) flowers?
0%
25%
50%
100%
What is the genotype that should be in the blank square?
yyRr
YYRR
yyrr
YrYr
What type of inheritance pattern is shown here?
Codominance
Incomplete dominance
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%
A purple-flowered plant (PP) 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 blue (PW) flowers?
0%
25%
50%
100%
