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Worksheet:PunnettSquare Review

1.Inpeaplants,tall(T)plantsaredominantovershort(t)plants.Completethefollowingcrossesandgivethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosofoffspring.

a.TTxtt

b.Ttxtt

c.TtxTt

2.Inpeaplants,purpleflowers(P)aredominantoverwhite(p)flowers.Completethefollowingcrossesandgivethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosofoffspring.

a.Aheterozygouspurpleplantiscrossedwithahomozygouspurpleplant.

b.Acrossbetweentwopeaplantsproducesoffspringinwhichapproximately50%oftheflowersarewhiteand50%arepurple.Whatarethegenotypesoftheparents?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

c.Acrossbetweentwopurplepeaplantsyieldsapproximately25%oftheoffspringexhibitingwhiteflowers.Whatarethegenotypesoftheparents?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

3.Awidow’speakinhumansisdeterminedbyadominant/recessiveinheritance.Aperson whoispurebredforwidow’speakiscrossedwithapersonwhoispurebredfornowidow’speak.Alloftheoffspringhaveawidow’speak.Whichtraitisdominantandwhichisrecessive?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

4.Inguineapigs,blackfurisdominant.Ifablackguineapigiscrossedwithawhiteguineapigandthelittercontainsawhiteoffspring,thegenotypeoftheblack-hairedparentisprobably?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

5.Inminks,brownisdominantoversilver-bluecolor.

a.Whatoffspringwouldyoupredictifyoucrossedahomozygousbrownminkwithasilver-bluemink?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

b.WhatwouldthegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftwoF2generationminkfromtheaboveproblembeiftheywerecrossed?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

6.Insnapdragons,redisnotcompletelydominantoverwhiteflowers.

a.Whatcolorflowerswouldyouexpectwhenyoucrossaredflowerwithawhiteflower?Whatwouldbethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspringbe?

b.CrosstwooftheF1generationfromabove.Whatwouldbethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspringbe?

7.Indragons,theabilitytobreathfireisarecessivetrait.Homozygousdominantdragonscannotproducefireorsmokeatall.Heterozygousdragonscanproducesmoke,butnofire.

a.Crossafirebreathingdragonwithahomozygousdominantdragon.Whatwouldbethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspringbe?

b.Crosstwosmoke-producingonlydragons.Areanyoftheoffspringabletoproducefire?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

8.Incattle,redandwhitehairarecodominant.Theheterozygousconditionisroancolored(containsbothredhairandwhitehair)

a.Crossaredcowandawhitecow.Whatwouldbethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspringbe?

b.Woulditbepossibletohaveanyredcattlewhentworoancattlearecrossed?Showpunnettsquaretosupportyouranswer.

9.InGuineapigs,thegenotype(BB)isblack,andthegenotype(bb)iswhitecolor,and(Bb)isgreycolor,Thegene(B)and(b)aresex-linked.

a.Whattypeofoffspringaretobeexpectedinacrossbetweenablackfemaleandawhitemale?

b.Aheterozygousfemaleiscrossedwithawhitemale.Whataretheexpectedgenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspring?

c.Woulditeverbepossibletoproduceamalewithgreyhair?Explain

10.Thechartbelowshowstheinheritanceofhumanbloodtypes.Therearefourdifferentphenotypespossible:A,B,AB,andO.TheallelesAandBarecodominant,andtheOalleleisrecessivetobothAandB.

a.ApersonwithIAIBiscrossedwithapersonwhoisIAIA.Whatarethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspring?

b.ApersonwithtypeABbloodiscrossedwithapersonwithtypeOblood.Whatarethegenotypicandphenotypicratiosoftheoffspring?

DIHYBRIDPUNNETTSQUAREPRACTICEPROBLEMS

ProblemA:Supposethatblack hair (B)isdominantoverblondehair(b) andbrowneyes(E)aredominantover blueeyes(e).

Thefatherhasblackhair(heterozygous)andbrowneyes(heterozygous)andthemotherhasblondehairandblueeyes.

Genotypeoffather–BbEeGenotypeofmother-bbee

1.Whatpercentoftheoffspringwillbetotallyheterozygous?

2.Whatisthephenotyperatio?

3.Whatpercentoftheoffspringwillhaveblondehair andblueeyes?

ProblemB:Usingthesametraitsasabove,crossacompletelyrecessivepersonwithablondehair andhomozygousbrowneyedperson.

  1. Whatpercentoftheoffspringwillbetotallyheterozygous?
  1. Whatisthephenotyperatio?
  1. Whatpercentoftheoffspringwillhaveblondehair andblueeyes?