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Punnett Square Practice Worksheet (Edited) PDF

This document provides a practice worksheet on Punnett squares. It includes examples of monohybrid and dihybrid crosses involving traits such as flower color, knuckle hair, tail length, fur color, eye color, and deafness. Students are asked to determine genotypes and phenotypes from given parental genotypes, draw Punnett squares, and calculate expected genotype and phenotype ratios for offspring. They are also asked to explain how to determine an unknown parental genotype based on a test cross.

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Punnett Square Practice Worksheet (Edited) PDF

This document provides a practice worksheet on Punnett squares. It includes examples of monohybrid and dihybrid crosses involving traits such as flower color, knuckle hair, tail length, fur color, eye color, and deafness. Students are asked to determine genotypes and phenotypes from given parental genotypes, draw Punnett squares, and calculate expected genotype and phenotype ratios for offspring. They are also asked to explain how to determine an unknown parental genotype based on a test cross.

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Name:__________________ Date:_______

Punnett Square Practice Worksheet

1) For each of the genotypes (AA, Aa or aa) below determine what the phenotype would be.
Purple flowers are dominant to white flowers.
PP_____________ Pp____________ pp_______________

Hairy knuckles are dominant to non-hairy knuckles in humans.


HH_____________ Hh ___________ hh _________________

Bobtails in cats are recessive. Normal tails are dominant.


TT _____________ Tt _________ tt _____________

2) For each of the following write whether it is homozygous dominant, heterozygous or


homozygous recessive.

AA __________________ gg ______________________

Pp ___________________ Ii _______________________

tt____________________ TT ______________________

Use the following information for questions 3-5:


In dogs, the gene for fur color has two alleles. The dominant allele (F) codes for grey fur and
the recessive allele (f) codes for black fur.

3) The female dog is heterozygous. The male dog is homozygous recessive. Figure out the
percentage or ratio of possible phenotypes and genotypes of their puppies by using a Punnett
Square.
Place the alleles for the male parent
below. One allele on each line:
% of possible Genotypes: _______ _______
FF: ________
Place the alleles for the
Ff: ________ female parent on the
side. One allele on _______
ff: _________ each line:
% of possible Phenotypes:
Black fur: __________
_______
Grey fur: ___________
Name:__________________ Date:_______

4) The female dog has black fur. The male dog has black fur. Figure out the phenotypes and
genotypes of their possible puppies by using a Punnett Square.

% of possible Genotypes: _______ _______


FF: ________
Ff: ________
_______
ff: _________

% of possible Phenotypes:
_______
Black fur: __________
Grey fur: ___________

5) The female dog is heterozygous. The male dog is heterozygous. Figure out the phenotypes
and genotypes of their possible puppies by using a Punnett Square.

% of possible Genotypes: _______ _______


FF: ________
Ff: ________
_______
ff: _________

% of possible Phenotypes:
_______
Black fur: __________
Grey fur: ___________

6) In fruit flies, red eyes are dominant (E). White eyes are recessive (e). If the female fly has
white eyes and the male fly has homozygous dominant red eyes, what are the possible
phenotypes and genotypes of their offspring?

Genotypes: Phenotypes:
EE: Red Eyes:
Ee:
ee: White Eyes:
Name:__________________ Date:_______
A Little added challenge
Use the following for questions 7-9:
In dogs, there is a hereditary deafness caused by a recessive gene, “d.” A kennel owner
has a male dog (Gilbert) that she wants to use for breeding purposes if possible. The dog can
hear.
7) What are the two possible genotypes of Gilbert?

8) If the dog’s genotype is Dd, the owner does not wish to use him for breeding so that
the deafness gene will not be passed on. This can be tested by breeding the dog to a deaf female
(dd). Fill in these two Punnett squares to illustrate the crosses for your possible male genotypes
(from question 9) with the deaf female dog.
Possible Cross 1

% of possible Genotypes: _______ _______


DD: ________
Dd: ________
_______
dd: _________

% of possible Phenotypes:
_______
Deaf pups: ___________
Hearing pups: ________

Possible Cross 2

% of possible Genotypes: _______ _______


FF: ________
Ff: ________
_______
ff: _________

% of possible Phenotypes:
_______
Deaf pups: ___________
Hearing pups: _________
9) Explain how could you tell the genotype of Gilbert’s male dog?
Name:__________________ Date:_______
Use the following for questions 10-11:
Having a widow’s peak like Wentworth
Miller is dominant.

Not having a widow’s peak, like Rihanna, is


recessive.

10) If Wentworth Miller is Aa, and he and Rihanna had children, what are the possible
phenotypes and genotypes of their children?

11) Look at the phenotypes of Beyonce and


Jay Z. If these two had children, could they have
children with a widow’s peak? Why or why not? Use
a Punnett Square to explain your answer.

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