Name. Period AP Biology Dat GENETICS PRACTICE 1: BASIC MENDELIAN GENETICS Solve these genatice problems. Be sure to complete the Punnett square to show how you derived your solution. 1. In humans the allele for albinism is recessive tothe allele or normal skin pigmentation. If two heterozygotes have children, what is the chance that a child wil have normal skin pigment? What is the chance that a child wil be albino? norma pigment: 75% chance of AA & Ai albino: a; Aa | aa 25% chance of aa 2. Ifthe child is normal, whatis the chance tatitis ° B carer (hetrorygous} forthe ino alee? (caReruLn 2/3 or 67% 2. In purple people eaters, one-horn is dominant and no hom is recessive. Show the cross of 2 purple people eater that is heterozygous for horns with a purple people eater that does not hhave homs, Summarize the genotypes & phenotypes of the possible ofspring? Hoh ee h Hh hh | 80%chance of Hh (horned) 50% chance of hh (no horn) h| Hh hh |” Je Is dominant to the thue-eye allele (b). If two kely genotype and phenotype ralios ofthe offspring, B b 75% chance of brown-eyed 25% chance of blue-eyed BB Bb 25% chance of BB b| Bb bb | 80% chance of Bb _ 3. In humans, the brown-eye (8) heterozygotes mate, what will be th Tota Developed by Kim B, Foglia « wv ExploreBiology.com + ©2008Name AP Biology 4. In seals, the gene for the length of the whiskers has two alleles. The dominant allele (W) ‘codes long whiskers & the recessive allele (w) codes for short whiskers. What percentage of offspring would be expected to have short whiskers from the cross of two longeuhiskered seals, one that is homozygous dominant and one that is heterozygous? Ww w w ww Ww __ | 2% chance of short whiskers w ww Ww ants, the green color allele (G) is dominant over yellow color allele (gor seed color (7) the dominant allele in plant height. Parents heterozygous for both traits are ‘r0ss-polinated. Determine the frequency forthe four diferent phenotypes ofthe offspring, __st stg t____Taiiplont, green seeds: ct| GGTT GGTt GgTT GgTt one “Tall plant,yolow seeds: Gt) Gott | Gott | GgTt | Gott ana ot} GgTt | GgTt | ggTT | ggTt | Shorplant,creen seeds: st GgTt Gott | gett | got _—- ane 6. Now let's ty a shortcut way of solving that same dihybrid cross. Because of Mendet's (2%) Law of Independent Assortment, you can work with the color gone and the height gene separately... $0 sel up two separate monohybrid crosses from those same parents c a T t s GG Go| T 1 Tt a Go | gg t Tt | tt Now use the laws of probability to calculate your frequencies of each tat alone and combined: eat | eae] =P Twioh | cae | =P Tall plant, graen seeds | % | % | 9M6 | Shortplant. green seeds | % | % | 36 Tallplant yellow seeds | % | % | 8/46 | Shortplant yolowseeds | % | % | 16 PolePeriod AP Biology Date: GENETICS PRACTICE 2: BEYOND THE BASICS Sove these genetics problems, Be sure to complete the Punnett squate to show how you derives your solution. INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE 1. In radishes, the gene that controls color exhibits Incomplete dominance, Pure-breeding red radishes crossed with pure-breeding white radishes make purple radshes, What are the ‘enotypic and phenotypic ratios when you cross a purple radish witha whke radish? R Ww wl RW WW __|50% purple (RW) 50% white (WW) Ww! RW | ww 2. Certain breeds of cattle show incomplete dominance in coat colo. When pure breeding red cows are bred with pure breeding white cows, the offspring are roan (a pinkish coat colo) ‘Summarize the genotypes & phenotypes of the possible offspring when a roan cow is mated with @ roan bull R Ww R! RR RW | 28% red (RR) 50% roan (RW) Ww) RW WW [25% white ww) CO-DOMINANCE 3. A man with type AB blood marries a woman with ype B blood. Her mother has type © lood. List the expected phenotype & genotype frequencies of thelr chien, r P Pe) AP [PIE | 25% type AB blood ('"*) 7 5p 50% type B blood (F°8%) i Pi Pi Wi avai An ' 25% type A blood (I*i) Tors Developed by Kim B. Foglia» www ExploreBiology.com = 62008