Genetics Practice Test Name: ______

THIS PRACTICE TEST DOES NOT COVER EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW FOR THE TEST!

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  1. ______The name of the branch of Biology that studies heredity.
  1. ______The man that looked at the sexual mechanics of pea

plants and found that traits are inherited from parents.

  1. ______Organisms that have two different alleles for a

particular trait are said to be ______.

  1. ______An organism’s physical appearance is its ______.
  2. ______A gene is considered this if its trait shows no matter

what other allele is present.

Multiple Choice.

6. _____ In Drosophila (House fly) red eyes are dominant and found on the X chromosome. When a red-eyed male Drosophila (House fly) is crossed with a homozygous white-eyed femaleDrosophila, the probability that the male offspring will be red-eyed is:

A. 1/4 B. 1/2 C. 3/4D. 1/3E. 0

  1. _____ An example of a trait that is determined by multiple alleles is:

A. Huntington’s disease B. ABO blood groups C. Down’s syndrome D. Hemophilia

8. _____ Which is an example of a disorder in which there are three sex chromosomes?

A. Down’s syndrome B. Klinefelter’s C. Turner’s D. Huntington’s

  1. _____ In order to determine if a person has a genetic disorder caused by too many or not enough chromosomes, the scientist would use a ______.

A. Pedigree B. Punnett Square C. Karyotype D. phenotype E. genotype

10. _____ The parent that determines the sex of their offspring is ______.

A. the father only B. the mother only C. both parents D. neither parent, its simply by chance

11. Complete the following table.

Blood Type / Red Cell Antigen / Antibody in Blood Plasma
A
B
AB
O

12. _____ Which blood type is the universal donor?

13. _____ Which blood type can receive a blood transfusion from any other blood type?

Genetics Problems.

NO WORK = NO POINTS!

  1. 1. A blue-eyed man both of whose parents are brown-eyed marries a brown-eyed woman whose father was brown-eyed and whose mother was blue-eyed. They have one child who is blue-eyed. What are the genotypes of all the members mentioned? (Hint: Try making a pedigree!)

Man: ______

Man’s mother: ______

Man’s father: ______

Woman: ______

Woman’s mother: ______

Woman’s father: ______

Child: ______

2. A. In man color blindness, an inability to distinguish between red and green, is inherited as a

sex-linked character on the X chromosome and is a recessive trait. If a normal-visioned man

marries a heterozygous normal woman, what are the chances of the males being color blind?

What are the chances of the females being color blind? How many females will be carriers?

  1. Suppose that a woman on a talk show claims that one of two gentlemen could be the father of her baby; the men deny this allegation. The mother has group O blood, the child has A, and the one possible father has type ABblood while the other has type B blood. Which man is the most probable father. (Be sure to prove this using a punnett square!)

4. In Japanese four-o’clocks, the gene for red flower color is incompletely dominant to white. The heterozygous genotype creates pink flowers. Predict the outcome of a cross between a red-flowered plant and a pink-flowered plant.

5. Determine the genotypes of each of the individuals in the pedigree then answer the questions below.

  1. How many generations are represented in the pedigree? ______
  2. Is this trait autosomal or sex-linked? ______
  3. Is this trait dominant or recessive? ______
  4. Which individuals are affected by this genetic disorder? ______
  5. Is individual III- 8 a male or female? ______
  6. Which individuals are carriers? ______
  7. In which individuals can the second allele NOT be determined from the information given?

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