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1. When Mendel crossed tall pea plants with dwarf pea plants, he observed that all the
plants in the generation were tall. This suggests thats
A. The tall plants were controlled by a dominant trait
B. The dwarf plants were controlled by a dominant trait
C. Both traits were controlled by a recessive trait
D. The dwarf pea plants were not capable of pollinating the tall plants
2. Which of the following genotypes does not exist among the offspring of a mother with
blood group A and a father blood group B
A. IAIA
B. IAIO
C. IBIO
D. IAIB
3. Which of the following statements about recessive allele is correct?
A. They are harmful to the bearer
B. They are masked by dominant alleles in homozygotes
C. They are not expressed when codominant
D. They are expressed phenotyphically when homozygous
4. How many different genotypes can be found in the offspring of the cross BbCc x BbCc
A. 2
B. 4
C. 9
D. 16
5. A red-flowered plant crossed with a white-flowered plant of the same species, produced
F1 plants which all had pink flowers. Self-pollination of the F1 plants produced an F2
generation in which 39 plants had red flowers, 83 had pink flowers and 40 had white
flowers. What does this experiment demonstrate?
A. Incomplete dominant
B. Codominant
C. Dihybrid cross
D. Linkage
6. What is test cross?
A. A cross of two pure-breeding forms to find out which form a of a gene is dominant
B. A cross between two unknown forms to determine their genotypes
C. A cross between an offspring and its parent
D. A cross of an F1 hybrid to an individual that is homozygous recessive
7. What is the probability of producing offspring of homozygous genotypes from a dihybrid
cross of heterozygous parents?
A. 1/8
B. 1/4
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C. 3/16
D. 9/16
8. What is the phenotypic ratio for F1self cross which are produced from the crossing of
AABB x aabb?
A. 3:1
B. 1:2:1
C. 1:1:1:1
D. 9:3:3:1
9. If gene A and gene B are located in a different chromosome, which of the following
crossing will produce the progeny with genotype AaBb?
I. Aabb X aaBb
II. AaBB X Aabb
III. aaBB X AABb
IV. aabb X AaBb
A. I,II and III
B. I,II and IV
C. I,III and IV
D. I,II,III and IV
10. What are polygenes?
A. Both alleles in heterozygote are dominant and fully expressed in phenotype
B. Both alleles that gives partial influence in heterozygous condition
C. More than two alternative forms of a particular gene that occupy the same locus
D. More than two genes occupy different locus but control the same characteristic

A homozygous plant with yellow flower and smooth seeds is crossed with a homozygous
plant with white flower and wrinkled seeds. The F1 generation produces all yellow
flowers with smooth seeds. When a test cross is carried out, the following results are
obtained in TABLE 1.
Phenotype
Yellow flower, smooth seeds
White flower, wrinkled seeds

Number of plant
132
127
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Yellow flower, wrinkled seeds
129
White flower, smooth seeds
130
TABLE 1
(a) Define Law of Independent Assortment
[1 mark]
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(b) Using suitable symbols, draw a genetic diagram to explain;
(i) the results of the F1 generation
[3 marks]

(ii)

the result of the test cross

[3 marks]

(iii)

Do the results of the test cross follow the Mendelian ratio? Give reasons
for your answers.
[2 marks]
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(iv)

From F2 genotypes, state the heterozygous genotype for both

characteristic of flower color and shape of seed.
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[1 mark]
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2

Fur colour in the Canadian Bigfoot is controlled by three alleles CB, CR and c.
CB is allele for black colour
CR is allele for red colour
c is allele for white colour ; c allele is recessive to both CB and CR.
A red-coated male mated with a black-coated female over a number of years, producing a
family of ten offspring; 2 black, 3 red, 2 chestnut (a mixture of black and red hairs), and
3 white.
(a) What is the genotype of the white-coated offspring?
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(b) What are the genotypes of the two parents?
[2 marks]
Male : __________________________________________________________
Female: __________________________________________________________
(c) State the F1 phenotypic ratio from the above cross.
[1 mark]
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(d) What phenotype would you expect from the crossing of chestnut coated and white
coated bigfoot?
[2 marks]
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(e) Draw a genetic diagram and give the probability the first baby also being chesnut
coated if two chesnut bigfoot mated.
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Hemophilia is a type of hereditary genetic disorder that impair the body's ability
to control blood clotting, which is used to stop bleeding when a blood vessel is
broken. Hemophilia A is the most common form of the disorder, present in about
1 in 5,000 - 10,000 male birth while Hemophilia B occurs in around 1 in about 20,
000 - 34, 000 male birth. Jane is a mother who married to normal men. They have
2 sons and 2 daughters from their marriage. Unfortunately their youngest son
suffers from hemophilia died few years ago.
i)

State the type of genetic inheritance for hemophilia disorder.

[1 mark]
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ii)

Construct a genetic diagram to show genotype of the Janes family.

[ 3 marks]

iii)

State the probability of each offspring phenotype derived.

[1 mark]
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iv)

If Jane gets pregnant for the fifth child, state the percentage of having
baby girl.
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v)

Give the reason why hemophilia is more likely suffered by male.

[3 marks]
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vi)

State another example of disorder that classified as sex-linked gene

inheritance.
[1 marks]
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In the fly Drosophila melanogaster, there is a dominant gene for grey body and a
dominant gene for normal wings. Recessive alleles for both of the genes produces
black body and vestigial wings respectively. Homozygous flies with grey body
and normal wings have been crossed with flies with black body and vestigial
wings. The result of the test cross for F1 progeny are as follows.
Grey body, normal wings
236
Black body, vestigial wings
248
Grey body, vestigial wings
44
Black body, normal wings
52
(a) Define Mendel's second Law.
[1 mark]
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(b) Is the progeny of the test cross in accordance with Mendel's ratio?
[1 mark]
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(c) Explain the reason for answer in a (ii) due to phenotype ration obtained.
[2 marks]
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(d) Using a suitable symbols, show a genetic diagram for the F1 test cross.

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(e) Calculate the map distance unit between the genes for body colour and wing
shape.
[3 marks]