Punnett Squares
Word Problems
Exceptions to Mendel
Vocabulary
Dihybrid
100
Complete a punnet square for TT and tt. Where (T) is the allele for a Tall plant and (t) is the allele for a short plant. What is the phenotypic ratio?
What is 100% Tall
100
Jimmy has a big nose. His genotype is GG. Sally also has a big nose. Her genotype is Gg. What are the possibilities for their children's genotypes?
What is GG, GG, Gg, Gg
100
A cross between a blue bird and a white bird produces offspring that are silver. What pattern of inheritance is this?
What is incomplete dominance
100
Hh, Zz, Xx. Each of these are said to be _______________.
What is heterozygous.
100
What are the possible alleles of parent who is RrTt
What is RT, Rt, rT and rt
200
Complete a Punnett square for Gg and Gg. What is the genotypic ratio?
What is GG, Gg, Gg, gg= 1:2:1
200
Jared is homozygous for brown hair. His wife is homozygous for blonde hair. Brown hair is dominant to blonde hair. What are the possible genotypes for their children?
What is Bb, Bb, Bb, Bb.
200
A blue bird and a white bird produces offspring that have feathers that are BOTH blue AND white? What pattern of inheritance is this?
What is codominance
200
HH, TT, zz. Each of these are said to be ______________.
What is homozygous.
200
What are the possible alleles of a parent who is RRTt?
What is RT, RT, Rt and Rt
300
Complete a Punnett square someone who is heterozygous for tall and for someone who is homozygous for short. What are the resulting genotypes of the offspring?
What is Tt, Tt, tt, tt (your punnett square should have these genotypes)
300
Mike is heterozygous for brown eyes. His wife has blue eyes. What percentage of their children will most likely have brown eyes? What percentage will most likely have blue eyes?
What is 50% brown and 50% blue eyes?
300
Blahblah birds come in three colors; blue, gray and white. The blue bird is incompletely dominant over the white which is recessive. The gray is the intermediate. Cross a blue bird with a white bird. What is the phenotypic ratio of the offspring?
What is 100% gray.
300
A punnett square that shows a cross that involves two traits is called __________________
What is dihybrid.
300
Pea plants come in two colors purple (P) and white (p). Their height is also inherited where Tall (T) is dominant over short (t). Cross a pea plant that is homozygous dominant for both purple and tall and a pea plant that is white and short. Give the phenotypic ratio
What is 100% Purple and Tall
400
Complete a Punnett square for someone who is Homozygous for green eyes and someone who has blue eyes. Green is dominant over blue.
What is Gg, Gg, Gg, Gg.
400
Tim and Jenny both have dark skin, but each of them carry a recessive trait for light skin. What are the chances that their children will have dark skin? Light skin?
What is 75% dark skin and 25% light skin.
400
Horses can be white, brown or palomino (a horse that's spotted brown AND white) Where white and brown are both dominant. What is the phenotypic ratio of a cross between two palomino horses?
What is 25% brown; 50% palomino; 25% white
400
Physical characteristic?
What is phenotype
400
Pea plants come in two colors purple (P) and white (p). Their height is also inherited where Tall (T) is dominant over short (t). Cross a pea plant that is homozygous dominant for purple and is short and a pea plant that is heterozygous for both traits. Give the phenotypic ratio
What is 75% purple and tall and 25% purple and short or 3:1
500
The four answers for a Punnett square are Zz, Zz, zz, zz. What are the genotypes for the parents?
What is Zz and zz.
500
James is homozygous for big lips. His wife also has big lips, but one of their children has small lips. What is his wife's genotype?
What is Bb.
500
Curly hair is dominant over straight hair, but the heterozygous form gives you wavy hair. Cross a woman with curly hair and a man that has wavy hair
What is 50% curly and 50% wavy
500
Your genetic make up __________
What is genotype
500
A dihybrid cross is a way of expressing which of Mendel's Laws?
What is Law of independent assortment.
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