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Non-Mendelian Practice Key

This document provides practice problems related to non-Mendelian inheritance and blood type genetics. It includes 4 practice problems involving punnett squares and determining phenotypes and genotypes for crosses involving incomplete dominance, lethal dominance, codominance, and multiple allele systems. It also includes a table asking to determine which blood types would exonerate potential fathers in 5 paternity cases based on the mother and child's blood types. Finally, it provides questions to identify characteristics of blood groups, alleles for blood type, and genetics of determining blood type.

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Non-Mendelian Practice Key

This document provides practice problems related to non-Mendelian inheritance and blood type genetics. It includes 4 practice problems involving punnett squares and determining phenotypes and genotypes for crosses involving incomplete dominance, lethal dominance, codominance, and multiple allele systems. It also includes a table asking to determine which blood types would exonerate potential fathers in 5 paternity cases based on the mother and child's blood types. Finally, it provides questions to identify characteristics of blood groups, alleles for blood type, and genetics of determining blood type.

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Non-Mendelian Inheritance Practice Problems

Work must be neatly done!! Be sure to make dominant and recessive alleles clearly distinguishable.
Punnett squares should show genotypes and you should summarize the phenotypes based on what the
question is asking.

1. In plants known as “four o’clocks”, the allele for the dominant red flower colour is designated as ‘F’
and is incompletely dominant over the allele for white flowers ‘f’. A horticulturist allows several
heterozygous pink flowered four o’clocks to self-pollinate and collects 200 seeds.

Draw a Punnett square for the cross and then identify the flower colour phenotypes and
theoretical percentage, and number of plants expected from these seeds.

F F’ Genotype Ratio Percentage Seeds


F FF FF’ Pink 2 50% 100
F’ FF’ F’F’ Red 1 25% 50
White 1 25% 50

2. In mice yellow coat colour is carried by the dominant allele ‘Y’ and white fur colour is carried by
recessive ‘y’ allele. A research lab mates 10 heterozygous mice, and among the offspring, 42 have
yellow fur and 19 have white fur.

a. Draw a Punnett square for the cross that shows this cross.

Y y
Yy
Y YY
(yellow)
Yy yy
y
(yellow) (white)

b. Why do the phenotypes reflect a 2:1 ratio rather than a 3:1 ratio result from this cross?

When the genotype is homozygous dominant, it is lethal so the dominant phenotype is only
represented by heterozygous individuals.
3. In rabbits, white coat colour (CW) and black coat colour (CB) are codominant, and both of these
alleles are dominant over the third possible allele, albino (c); heterozygotes (CWCB) are spotted black
and white.

Draw a Punnett Square that shows the genotypes and summarize the phenotypes of the
offspring from a homozygous black-coated rabbit and a homozygous white-coated rabbit?

CW CW
CB CB CW CB CW
CB CB CW CB CW

4. In humans, the alleles for blood type are designated IA (A-type blood), IB (B-type blood) and i (O-type
blood).

What are the expected frequencies of phenotypes (percentage) in the following matings?
Create a Punnett Square for each to show the possible genotypes.
 Remember to use consistent notation when assign you dominant and recessive alleles in
your Punnett square.

a. heterozygous A-type x heterozygous B-type

b. IAIB x IAi
IA i
IA IA IA IA i
IB IA IB IB i

Type A = 50%
Type AB = 25%
Type B = 25%

c. IAIA x IBIB

IB IB
IA IA IB IA IB
IA IA IB IA IB

Type AB = 100%
d. AB x O
i i
IA IA i IA i
IB IB i IB i

Type A = 50%
Type B = 50%

5. Blood type analysis is used frequently as evidence in


paternity suits. Consider the following hypothetical cases Exonerating
presented in the table. blood type(s)
Mother Child
(A, B, AB or O)
The blood type of the mother and child are given. A O IA IB, IAIA, IBIB
B AB ii, IBIB, IBi
Indicate which blood type(s), if any, of an accused man
O O AB, IBIB, IAIA
would exonerate him as the father.
B B IAIA
Exonerate = NOT the father A B IAIA
Blood Type Practice questions
Be sure to use proper designation of alleles (IA, IB or i) where called for
This will not be collected

I. Identify the Characteristics of the Different Blood Groups

Blood Type(s) of Type(s) of


group antigen on cells antibody in serum
A ________ ____________
B ________ ____________ Remember: possible antigens are ‘A’ and ‘B ‘
O ________ ____________ Remember: antibodies are ‘anti-A’ or ‘Anti-B’
AB ________ ____________

Which blood groups are considered the "universal donor" and "universal recipient?"

Explain why these blood groups are so designated

II. Identify the characteristics of the Alleles for Blood Type Determination
Allele Expression This allele creates
Allele (CoDom or Rec) which antigen on cell
IA _____ ______
B
I _____ ______
i _____ ______

III. Identify the Genetics of Blood Type Determination


What are the possible genotypes
Blood type of persons with this blood type
A ____________________
B ____________________
AB ____________________
O ____________________

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