Lion King
The Obamas
Pokemon
100
Mufasa has a homozygous dominant genotype for a thick mane. Provide an example of this genotype.
MM
100
Former President Obama is heterozygous for a widow's peak. How could you write out this genotype?
Ww
100
Pikachu has a homozygous recessive yellow fur color. How could you write his genotype?
ff
200
Mufasa and Sirabi both have a dominant loud roar (R). Based on the Punnett square below, what is the chance that Simba would have inherited a recessive quiet roar (rr)?
There is a 25% chance
200
Michelle Obama has a recessive straight hairline, and so do Sasha and Malia. Using the Punnett square below, what is the chance that President Obama would have passed his dominant widow's peak?
There is a 50% chance
200
Charizards can be either orange or black. Black is a recessive trait (c) and orange is dominant (C). Based on the Punnett square below, what percent of baby 'zards would be orange and, and what percent of these would be black from this pair?
0% would be black (cc), and 100% would be orange (Cc).
300
Scar's parents both had brown colored manes with a Mm genotype. What percentage of their kids would be expected to have a recessive dark colored mane like Scar?
25% of their cubs would have a recessive dark mane.
300
Barak Obama has a recessive left handed trait (hh), and Michelle is right handed (HH). What is the chance that Malia is left handed like her dad?
There is a 0% chance that Maliah is left handed.
300
Two green-eyed Jigglypuffs (Gg) have a litter of jigglycubs. What percent of their cubs will have a recessive purple eye phenotype, and what percent will be CARRIERS of the recessive allele?
25% will have purple eyes
50% will be carriers
400
Zazu's long tail is a recessive trait (tt). He decides to raise some hatchlings with Xuxa, who has a dominant short tail (Tt). What is the chance that their new chicks will have long tails like Zazu?
There is a 50% chance.
400
Michelle and Barack both have free earlobes, with a genotype of EE. What percent of their kids will have free earlobes, and what percent will have attached earlobes?
100% will have free earlobes, and 0% will have attached earlobes.
400
Ash Ketchum is trying to breed Haunters for his Pokemon show. He breeds a homozygous dominant purple Haunter with a rare homozygous recessive grey Haunter. What percent of their babies will have a heterozygous genotype?
100% of their babies will be heterozygous.
500
Simba and Nala are planning to have their first litter of cubs. Nala is homozygous dominant with small paws, while Simba has recessive large paws. What is the chance that they will have a cub with recessive large paws like their dad?
There is a 0% chance that they will have large-paw cubs.
500
Tongue-rolling is a dominant trait. Both Barak and Michelle can roll their tongues and are heterozygous for the trait. What is the chance that Malia and Sasha can roll their tongues?
There is a 75% chance that they CAN roll their tongue, and a 25% chance that they cannot.
500
Squirtle's parents both have short tails, but Squirtle was born with a large tail. What do we know about this trait?
a. A large tail is dominant
b. A large tail is recessive
B. We know a large tail must be recessive, because Squirtle's parents did not have large tails, but he has the trait.