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Patterns of Inheritance Problems

The document outlines various inheritance problems related to monohybrid crosses, incomplete dominance, and codominance, using examples from human traits, cattle, snapdragons, and chickens. It includes questions about genotypes, phenotypes, and predictions using Punnett squares for different genetic scenarios. Additionally, it presents challenges that require deeper understanding of genetic principles.

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Patterns of Inheritance Problems

The document outlines various inheritance problems related to monohybrid crosses, incomplete dominance, and codominance, using examples from human traits, cattle, snapdragons, and chickens. It includes questions about genotypes, phenotypes, and predictions using Punnett squares for different genetic scenarios. Additionally, it presents challenges that require deeper understanding of genetic principles.

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Patterns of Inheritance Problems: Monohybrid Crosses

DOMINANCE / recessiveness
1. In humans widow’s peak (W) is dominant over straight hairline (w). A heterozygous man for this
trait marries a woman who is also heterozygous.
_____ _____
a. What is the genotype for the man? ______
b. What is the genotype for woman? ______
_____
c. What will be the genotype and phenotype of the

first generation? _____

2. Cystic fibrosis is a recessive genetic disorder. Ron is homozygous dominant (FF) and Nancy is a
carrier of cystic fibrosis?
a. What is the genotype for Ron? ______ _____ _____
b. What is the genotype for Nancy? ______
c. Use a Punnett square to predict the probability _____

that one of their children will have cystic fibrosis.


_____

3. Hornless (H) in cattle is dominant over horned (h). A homozygous hornless bull is mated with a
heterozygous cow.
a. What is the genotype of the bull? ______ _____ _____
b. What is the genotype of the cow? ______
c. What will be the genotype and phenotype of the _____

first generation?
_____

4. CHALLENGE In humans, acondroplasia “dwarfism” (D) is dominant over normal (d). A


homozygous dominant (DD) person dies before the age of one. A heterozygous (Dd) person is
dwarfed. A homozygous recessive individual is normal. A heterozygous dwarf man marries a
dwarf heterozygous woman. What is the probability of having a normal child? What is the
probability of having a child that is a dwarf? What is the probability of having a child that dies at
one from this disorder?
INCOMPLETE DOMINANCE
5. In snapdragons, a gene that affects flower color has two alleles: red (R) and white
(W). In heterozygous individuals, the phenotype is pink.
_____ _____
a. What is the genotype of a pink flower? ______
b. Show a cross between two pink snapdragons _____
and give the expected genotype and phenotype.

_____

6. CHALLENGE In Andalusian fowls, black individuals (B) and white individuals (b)
are homozygous. Heterozygous individuals are bluish-gray. What results if a black
individual is crossed with a bluish-gray individual? Show the cross as well as the
genotypes and phenotypes of the parents and offspring.

CODOMINANCE
7. In some chickens, the gene for feather color is controlled by codominance. The allele for black
is B and the allele for white is W. The heterozygous phenotype is known as
erminette.
a. What is the genotype for black chickens? ____
b. What is the genotype for white chickens? ____
c. What is the genotype for erminette chickens? ____
d. If two erminette chickens were crossed, what is the probability that:
i. They would have a black chick? ____%
ii. They would have a white chick? ____%
iii. They would have an erminette chick? ____%

8. CHALLENGE In shorthorn cattle, coat color may be red, white, or roan. In


roan cattle, their coats are a mixture of red and white hairs, although the
animals appear a light rust color from a distance. Show a cross between a
roan bull and a red cowe and give the expected genotype and phenotype.

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