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Test Cross Worksheet

The document contains examples of using test crosses to determine genotypes of offspring from parents with known dominant and recessive traits. It provides examples involving hearing in dogs, fire breathing in dragons, and teeth in monsters. For each example it asks the reader to determine the possible genotypes of the parent, the genotype and phenotype that should be used for a test cross, and to show the results of the test cross to determine the genotype of the original parent.

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Test Cross Worksheet

The document contains examples of using test crosses to determine genotypes of offspring from parents with known dominant and recessive traits. It provides examples involving hearing in dogs, fire breathing in dragons, and teeth in monsters. For each example it asks the reader to determine the possible genotypes of the parent, the genotype and phenotype that should be used for a test cross, and to show the results of the test cross to determine the genotype of the original parent.

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PRACTICE TEST CROSSES-What genotype is it?

Hearing (D) in dogs is DOMINANT. Deafness(d) in puppies is caused by


a recessive gene. Deaf puppies have the genotype dd.
You have a hearing dog. What are its possible genotypes?
________

________

The dog that you use to do a test cross should have:


genotype? _______ phenotype? ____________________
Show the results of test crossing BOTH OF THE POSSIBLE PARENT GENOTYPES:

An actual test cross results in a litter with:


12 hearing puppies and 3 deaf puppies.
What is the genotype of your parent dog?
*

____________
*

Firebreathing (F) is dominant in dragons. NON-firebreathing (f) is recessive.


You have a firebreathing dragon. What are its possible genotypes?
________

________

The dragon you should use to do a test cross should have:


genotype? _______
phenotype? _______________
Show the results of test crossing BOTH OF THE POSSIBLE PARENT GENOTYPES:

An actual test cross results in a litter with:


6 firebreathing dragons
1 NON-firebreather
What is the genotype of your firebreathing dragon?

_________

THINK CAREFULLY ON THIS ONE!


In MONSTERS having TEETH (T) is DOMINANT and NO TEETH (t) is RECESSIVE
You have a monster with teeth and would like to breed it to start a monster
theme park. Monsters without teeth are more costly to care for because
they need special food and they arent scary enough to work in your park, so
you want to make sure you produce only monsters WITH TEETH.

Tell the genotype of the monster you should use to do a test cross. ________
What is its PHENOTYPE? ___________________
Show the results of test crossing BOTH OF THESE POSSIBLE PARENT GENOTYPES:

An actual test cross results in a litter with:


2 monsters WITH TEETH
Can you tell the genotype of your parent monster?
_________
EXPLAIN YOUR ANSWER
____________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________

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