BIOLOGY 2200 TAKE HOME GENETICS QUIZ

Name_______________________
MCTC

1-3. List the gametes which would be produced by the following parents:
a. RRAA _______________________
b. rrAa ________________________
c. RrAA ________RA,rA________________

4-6. In pea plants, the tall condition (T) is dominant over the dwarf condition (t). For each of the
following crosses, give the expected genotypic and phenotypic ratio in the offspring.

Cross Genotypic ratio Phenotypic ratio

TT x tt
Tt x tt
Tt x Tt

7-8. Assume that white color is dominant over yellow color in squash. If pollen from the anthers
of a heterozygous white-fruited plant is placed on the pistil of a yellow-fruited plant, show using
ratios the genotypes and phenotypes you would expects the seeds from this cross to produce.

9-10. In watermelons, the genes for green color and for short shape are dominant over theit
alleles for striped color and for long shape. Suppose a plant with long striped fruit is crossed with
a plant heterozygous for both of these characters. What phenotype would this cross produce and
in what ratios?

1 green short: 1 green long: 1 striped short: 1 striped long

11-14. In hogs, a gene that produces a white belt around the animals body is dominant over its
allele for a uniformly colored body. Another gene produces fusion of the two hoofs on each foot.
This gene is dominant over its allele, which produces normal hoofs.

Suppose a uniformly colored hog homozygous for fused hoofs is mated with a normal-footed
hog homozygous for the belted character.
What would be the phenotype of the F1?_____________________________________

If the F1 individuals are allowed to breed freely among themselves, what phenotypic ratio would
you predict for the F2?
The parental genotypes are: ww FF x WW ff -11.
b) All the F1's are WwFf (white belted with fused hoofs).
c) The genotypic ratio is: 1:2:1:2:4:2:1:2:1 The phenotypic ratio is: 9:3:3:1

15-16. In the fruit fly, vestigial (tiny) wings and hairy body are produced by recessive genes. The
normal alleles, long wings and hairless body, are dominant. If a vestigial-winged male
heterozygous for hairless is crossed with a hairy female heterozygous for long wings, what will
be the phenotypic ratio of the F1?

Dihybrid Crosses 1. The genes may be symbolized as: v = vestigial h = hairy body V = long wingH =
hairless body -11. 10-

The genotypes of the parents are:Male vvhh, Female VVHH.

One hundred percent of the F1 will be VvHh (normal long wing, hairless body).

17-19. A man and woman of normal phenotype have a son with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a
sex-linked recessive disorder. They are planning to have another child and ask you for genetic
counseling.

What is the likelihood that another child will have this disease if it is a boy?________ 50%
What is the likelihood that another child will have this disease if it is a girl?________0%
What is the overall chance of any child in their family getting the disease?_________ 50%

(+2) 20-21. If the litter resulting from the mating of 2 short-tailed cats contains 3 kittens without
tails, 3 with long tails, and 6 with short tails:

What would be the simplest way of explaining the inheritance of tail length in these cats?

Incomplete dominance

What are the genotypes of the kittens

without tails:______ aa______
with long tails: _______AA_____
with short tails: _________Aa___

22. The location of a gene on a chromosome is termed its

a. allele b. site c. phenotype d. locus
23. The genotype HH is
a. homozygous dominant b. homozygous recessive c. heterozygous

24. The genotype Hh is

a. homozygous dominant b. homozygous recessive c. heterozygous

25. The genotype hh is

a. homozygous dominant b. homozygous recessive c. heterozygous

26. The outward appearance of two genes for the same trait is the
a. genotype b. phenotype

27. A lower case letter in a genetics problem indicates that the allele is
a. recessive b. dominant

28. Which is true?

a. Genes are different forms of alleles. b. Alleles are different forms of genes.

29. Homologous chromosome contain alleles for ________ traits.

a. the same b. different