Inheritance

This worksheet is designed to be completed alongside the lesson. The icons on the left tell you which pages of the lesson the questions relate to. Perhaps you have brown hair like your mother and blue eyes like your father. Your brother or sister could have brown eyes and blonde hair. Maybe all your grandparents and parents can roll their tongues but you cant. Our genes are responsible for characteristics like these. e inherit all our genes from our parents. !n this lesson you will investigate how we inherit genes and how they determine the characteristics we end up with. 1. a. b. c. d. "rom whom did Martha and #avid inherit each of their genes$ %ow are the genes a child inherits decided randomly during fertilisation$ hy would all four possible combinations result in a child with the same hair type$ &omplete the following sentences using the terms 'homo(ygous or 'hetero(ygous) Martha and #avid are ****** for their hair type. Their children will be ****** for their hair type. e. f. ould Martha and #avids children have straight or curly hair$ hat are the chances of Martha and #avids children having curly hair once you have changed one of Marthas genes to a lowercase 'h$ &omplete the following sentences) +ethros genotype for hair colour is ******. %is phenotype is ******. b. &omplete the table for the genotype combinations. "irst write the four possible genotypes, then decide the phenotype for each. Genotype Phenotype c. -rown --

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./plain why the phenotype of 0le/ and +ethros children will never be blonde.

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a. b. c.

hat are #ebbie and ;ods genotypes$ #raw a table to show the phenotypes and four possible genotypes #ebbie and ;ods children could inherit. ./plain why #ebbie and ;od will never have a blonde child. 5ist the genotypes for brown=haired children and blonde= haired children. hat is the chance that Mel and +ames will have a blonde= haired child$ hy is it possible for Mel and +ames to have a blonde=haired child even though they both have brown hair$ #raw a table showing the four possible genotypes and phenotypes of +udie and Toms children. hat are the chances of +udie and Tom having a child with freckles$ &an +udie and Tom have a child with no freckles 6recessive9 even though they both have freckles 6dominant9$

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a. b. c.

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a. b. c.

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