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The document provides a pedigree worksheet and questions to analyze inheritance patterns of traits. The pedigree symbols represent males and females who are affected or unaffected by traits shown being passed down through generations, such as Huntington's disease. Students are asked questions about the pedigree to determine if traits are dominant or recessive based on which family members are affected and carrier statuses of parents and their children.
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The document provides a pedigree worksheet and questions to analyze inheritance patterns of traits. The pedigree symbols represent males and females who are affected or unaffected by traits shown being passed down through generations, such as Huntington's disease. Students are asked questions about the pedigree to determine if traits are dominant or recessive based on which family members are affected and carrier statuses of parents and their children.
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Name__________________________________ 

Date: __________________  Biology I 

Pedigree Worksheet 
A family tree of sorts is called a pedigree.  The symbols used for a pedigree are: 

       female, unaffected 
Siblings are placed in birth order from left to right and are 
       female, affected  labeled with Arabic numerals.  Each generation is labeled 

       male, unaffected  trait in the pedigree below in the bottom, center would be 
identified as III-4. 
       male, affected   



        1          2   = Huntington’s 

II        1                      2      4               5 

         3             6              7     8 

III 

1. Which members of the family above are affected by Huntington’s Disease?  
I-1, II-2, II-3, II-7 and III-3

2. There are no carriers for Huntington’s Disease- you either have it or you don’t
  
With this in mind, Is Huntington’s disease caused by
dominant or recessive trait?

Dominant.

3. How many children did individuals I-1 and I-2 have?  

4. How many girls did II-1 and II-2 have?  

5. How are individuals III-2 and II-4 related?  

Uncle and Niece


2  I 

II 

III 

IV 

12. The pedigree above shows the passing on of colorblindness.  What sex is MOST likely to be 
carriers of colorblindness?  
Female

13. Why does individual IV-7 (a female) have colorblindness? 

Has two dominant traits.

14. Why do all the daughters in generation II carry the colorblind gene?  

Have one recessive and one dominant.l

15. List 2 IV generation colorblind males.  

IV-1, IV-5

16.  Is thi
s trait do
minant or 
recessiv
e?  Expla
in your a
nswer.   

Recessiv
e

17.  Wha
t gave yo
u the ess
ential inf
ormation 
to decide 
that II-3 
and II-4 
were het
erozygou
s?   

Thei
r
child
who
got
the
trait.

18.  Bro
wn eyes 
are a do
minant e
ye-color 
allele an
d blue ey
es are re
cessive.  
A brown-
eyed wo
man 
whose fa
ther had 
blue eye
s and wh
ose moth
er had br
own eye
s marries 
a brown-
eyed ma
n whose 

Draw a p
edigree (i
nfo abov
e) showi
ng all fou
r grandp
arents, th
e two par
ents, and 
the son.  
Indicate 
each indi
viduals p
ossible g
enotypes

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