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Basic Genetics Practice Problems For Notes

This document provides a series of genetics practice problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses using Punnett squares. It asks the reader to determine genotypes and phenotypes from genetic crosses, indicate whether genotypes are homozygous or heterozygous, set up and solve Punnett squares, and calculate expected offspring ratios and percentages.

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Basic Genetics Practice Problems For Notes

This document provides a series of genetics practice problems involving monohybrid and dihybrid crosses using Punnett squares. It asks the reader to determine genotypes and phenotypes from genetic crosses, indicate whether genotypes are homozygous or heterozygous, set up and solve Punnett squares, and calculate expected offspring ratios and percentages.

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Joanna DeWitt
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Basic Genetics Practice

For each genotype below, indicate whether it is heterozygous or homozygous by typing a “yes”
in the correct box. The first one has been completed for you.

Heterozygous Homozygous Heterozygous Homozygous

AA yes Zz

Ee Cc

Ii Gg

Mm kk

QQ oo

Uu Ss

YY ww

Bb DD

ff HH

Jj LL

nn Pp

rr tt

Vv XX

2. For each of the genotypes below determine what ​phenotypes​ would be possible.
a. Tall plants are dominant to short plants.
TT ___________________________________ Tt ___________________________________
tt ___________________________________

b. Round seeds are dominant to wrinkled seeds.


RR ___________________________________ Rr ___________________________________
rr ___________________________________

c. Dimples are dominant to No Dimples


DD ___________________________________ Dd___________________________________
dd___________________________________

d. Round ears in cats are recessive.


EE ___________________________________ Ee ___________________________________
ee ___________________________________
Basic Genetics Practice
3. For each phenotype below, list the ​genotypes​ (remember to use the letter of the dominant
trait)

a. Straight hair is dominant to curly. _____________straight _____________straight


_____________curly

b. Pointed heads are dominant to round heads.


_____________pointed _____________pointed _____________round

4. Set up the Punnett squares for each of the crosses listed below if round eyes are dominant to
almond shaped eyes. ​(You should be able to type in the Punnett Square boxes)

RR x rr

What percentage of the offspring will be round?


____________________________________________________ What percentage of the
offspring will be heterozygous? ______________________________________________ What
percentage of the offspring will be purebred?
_________________________________________________

Rr x rr

What percentage of the offspring will be almond shaped?


____________________________________________ What percentage of the offspring will be
homozygous? _______________________________________________ What percentage of
the offspring will be hybrids? ___________________________________________________
RR x Rr
What percentage of the offspring will be round?
____________________________________________________ What percentage of the
offspring will be homozygous dominant? ______________________________________ What
percentage of the offspring will be homozygous recessive?
_______________________________________
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Rr x Rr

What is the ratio of round to almond shaped eyes?


__________________________________________________
What is the ratio of RR : Rr : rr?
________________________________________________________________
What percentage of the offspring will be like the parents?
____________________________________________

Practice with Punnett Squares using the problems below.

5. A RR (round seeded) plant is crossed with a rr (wrinkle seeded) plant.

a. What percentage of the offspring will be round seeded? ___________


b. What percentage of the offspring will be wrinkle seeded? ___________

6. A Tt (tall) plant is crossed with a Tt (tall) plant.

a. What percentage of the offspring will be short? ___________


b. What percentage of the offspring will be purebred tall? ___________
Basic Genetics Practice
7. A heterozygous tall plant is crossed with a homozygous tall plant.

a. What percentage of the offspring will be homozygous dominant? ___________


b. What is the ratio of tall to short plants?
___________

8. A homozygous round seeded plant crossed with a purebred wrinkle seeded plant.
a. What are the genotypes of the parents? ___________X ___________

b. What percentage of the offspring will be homozygous? ___________

9. If purple flowers are dominant to white flowers and two white flowered plants are crossed,
what percentage of their offspring will be white flowered? ___________

10. A white dog is crossed with a heterozygous black dog.


Which is the dominant trait? Why?
a. What are the parents’ genotypes? ___________

b. What percentage of the offspring will be black? ___________

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