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Mendelian Genetics Problems

The document discusses Mendelian genetics concepts including monohybrid and dihybrid crosses using examples of guinea pig hair and pea plant traits. It provides vocabulary and genetics practice problems involving Punnett squares and determining genotypes from offspring phenotypes.

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Mendelian Genetics Problems

The document discusses Mendelian genetics concepts including monohybrid and dihybrid crosses using examples of guinea pig hair and pea plant traits. It provides vocabulary and genetics practice problems involving Punnett squares and determining genotypes from offspring phenotypes.

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Diagnostic
AMOEBA SISTERS: Test - Mendelian Genetics Problems
VIDEO RECAP MONOHYBRID CROSSES (MENDELIAN)
Name: ____________________________________________ Grade: _______

Amoeba Sisters Video Recap: Monohybrid Crosses (Mendelian Inheritance)


Vocabulary practice! Fill in missing boxes assuming that having hair for guinea pigs follows Mendelian
inheritance, where the H dominant allele codes for hair and h codes for a lack of hair (hairless).
Image Genotype Heterozygous or Phenotype
Homozygous?
HH 1. 2.

3. 4. Hairless

5. 6. Heterozygous 7.

8. An allele is a form of a gene.

In the Punnett square on the right, how many H/h alleles


does a baby guinea pig inherit from the mother?
How many H/h alleles does a baby guinea pig inherit from
the father? .

If a baby girl guinea pig looks almost identical to its mother,


does this then mean that it inherited more alleles from its
mother? Explain. (Hint: Think about the vocabulary words
dominant and recessive.)
0. Diagnostic
AMOEBA SISTERS: Test - Mendelian Genetics Problems
VIDEO RECAP MONOHYBRID CROSSES (MENDELIAN)
Name: ____________________________________________ Grade: _______
Mysterious Fred: A Guinea Pig Test Cross
There is a teacher from Texas that loves hairless guinea pigs. In guinea pigs, the
dominant allele H codes for the trait of having hair and the allele h codes for the
trait of being hairless. (Assume Mendelian inheritance). Let’s say that this teacher
receives her wish of finding a hairless guinea pig at a pet store and names her
Genevieve. She finds another guinea pig at a store with hair that she names Fred.

While she can be certain of Genevieve’s genotype, how could she determine what
genotype Fred is? She can do a test cross! A test cross involves breeding an organism with a dominant
trait (like Fred) with an organism that exhibits a recessive trait (like Genevieve).

9. Genevieve has the genotype .

10. Fred’s genotype could beor.

11. If Fred was genotype 13. If Fred was genotype


and bred with Genevieve… and bred with Genevieve…

12. Please draw Punnett Square below 14. Please draw Punnett Square below
to show prediction for offspring. to show prediction for offspring.

15. Explain in your own words how the offspring from the test cross could help determine Fred’s
genotype.

16. What could be some weaknesses with using a test cross to determine Fred’s genotype?
0. Diagnostic Test - Mendelian Genetics ProblemsDIHYBRID CROSSES (MENDELIAN)

Amoeba Sisters Video Recap: Dihybrid Crosses (Mendelian Inheritance)


Vocabulary practice! You probably have had enough of cats with our video. On to peas! In pea plants, yellow peas (coded for
by a dominant allele Y) are dominant to green peas (requiring two recessive alleles y). Round peas (coded for by a dominant
allele R) are dominant to wrinkly peas (requiring two recessive r alleles). These are actual pea plant traits, by the way!

For the following, please write in the genotype or phenotype. Some are filled in for you.

7. An allele is a form of a gene. In the cross HhSs x hhss, how many


alleles does a kitten inherit from the mother?

8. How many alleles does a kitten inherit from the father?


.

9. Gametes, which are sex cells, carry the alleles. Why must a gamete carry one allele (represented by a letter) from each
gene? Meaning, why can’t a gamete carry an “hh” instead of an “hs” or an “Hh” instead of a “HS?”

The Dihybrid Problem Solve


Read the beginning part about pea plants again. Bernard really likes growing peas in his garden, but the peas he likes are
green. He also likes them to have a wrinkled texture, because he thinks they look much more interesting that way. Please
work out a YyRr x YyRr (heterozygous cross) on the back of this sheet or on another paper while showing all work.

10. After showing your work to use as support, what is the chance that Bernard will have pea plant offspring that match the
phenotype he is looking for (green, wrinkled)? _

11. What is the phenotype ratio of this heterozygous cross?

(yellow, round): (yellow, wrinkled): (green, round) : (green, wrinkled)

12. If Bernard did not receive any pea plants that were green and wrinkled in actuality, would you know for sure that the
parent genotypes were incorrect? Why or why not?

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