Name: ____________________________________ Date: ________ Period: ____

Genetics: Punnett Squares Practice

Many genetic traits have a stronger, dominant allele and a weaker, recessive allele. In an individual with a
heterozygous genotype, the dominant allele shows up in the offspring and the recessive allele gets covered up and
doesn’t show; we call this complete dominance.
However, some alleles don’t completely dominate others. In fact, some heterozygous genotypes allow both alleles
to partially show by blending together how they are expressed; this is called incomplete dominance. Other
heterozygous genotypes allow both alleles to be completely expressed at the same time like spots or stripes; this is
called codominance. ( everybody wins!)

1. If a Red and White flower were crossbred, what phenotype and % would been seen if red was dominant?

2. If a flower could be expressed with three colors : blue red and purple with red being dominant, what phenotype(s)
would been seen? This is what type of dominance?

. If a Red and White flower were crossbred and all the resulting flowers were striped red and white, what type

Incomplete dominance practice Problems

4-6. Snapdragons are incompletely dominant for color; they have phenotypes red, pink, or white. The red flowers
are homozygous dominant, the white flowers are homozygous recessive, and the pink flowers are heterozygous.
Give the genotypes for each of the phenotypes, using the letters “R” and “ r ” for alleles:
a. Red snapdragon b. Pink snapdragon c. White snapdragon
genotype: ______ genotype: ______ genotype: ______

Show genetic crosses between the following snapdragon parents, using the punnett squares provided, and
record the genotypic and phenotypic %s below:

a. pink x pink b. red x white c. pink x white

Genotypic Genotypic Genotypic

%: ________________ %: ________________ %: ________________
Phenotypic Phenotypic Phenotypic
%: ________________ %: ________________ %: ________________

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7-9. In horses, some of the genes for hair color are incompletely dominant. Genotypes are as follows: brown horses
are BB, white horses are bb and a Bb genotype creates a yellow-tannish colored horse with a white mane and tail,
which is called “palomino”. Show the genetic crosses between the following horses and record the genotypic and
phenotypic percentages:
a. brown x white b. brown x palomino c. palomino x palomino

Genotypic Genotypic Genotypic

%: ________________ %: ________________ %: ________________
Phenotypic Phenotypic Phenotypic
%: ________________ %: ________________ %: ________________

10. Can palominos be considered a purebred line of horses? Why or why not?

11. Which two colors of horse would you want to breed if you wanted to produce the maximum numbers of palominos
in the shortest amount of time?

12. In Smileys, eye shape can be starred (SS), circular (CC), or a circle with a star (CS). Write the
genotypes for the pictured phenotypes

_________ __________ ___________

13. Show the cross between a star-eyed and a circle eyed.
What are the phenotypes of the offspring? ____________
What are the genotypes? __________

14. Show the cross between a circle-star eyed, and a circle eyed.
How many of the offspring are circle-eyed? ____________
How many of the offspring are circle-star eyed? ____________

15. Show the cross between two circle-star eyed.

How many of the offspring are circle-eyed? ____________
How many of the offspring are circle-star eyed? ____________
How many are star eyed? ____________

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2 pts. each
Name__________________________
Period ____________ Date ________
Codominance Worksheet (Blood types)

Human blood types are determined by genes that follow the CODOMINANCE pattern of inheritance.
There are two dominant alleles (A & B) and one recessive allele (O).

Blood Type Genotype Can donate blood to: Can receive blood from:
(Phenotype)

O ii (OO) A,B,AB and O O

(universal donor)

AB IAIB AB A,B,AB and O

(universal receiver)

A IAIA or IAi AB, A O,A

(IAO)

B IBIB or IBi AB,B O,B

(IBO)

1. Write the genotype for each person based on the description:

a. Homozygous for the “B” allele _________
b. Heterozygous for the “A” allele _________
c. Type O _________
d. Type “A” and had a type “O” parent _________
e. Type “AB” _________
f. Blood can be donated to anybody _________
g. Can only get blood from a type “O” donor _________

2. Pretend that Brad Pitt is homozygous for the type B allele, and Angelina Jolie is type “O.”
What are all the possible blood types of their baby? (Do the punnett square)

_________________________________________________________________

3. Complete the punnett square showing all the possible blood types for the offspring produced
by a type “O” mother and an a Type “AB” father. What are percentages of each offspring?

_________________________________________________________________

4. Mrs. Essy is type “A” and Mr. Essy is type “O.” They have three children named Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Mark is type
“O,” Matthew is type “A,” and Luke is type “AB.” Based on this information:
a. Mr. Essy must have the genotype ______
b. Mrs. Essy must have the genotype ______ because ___________ has blood type ______
c. Luke cannot be the child of these parents because neither parent has the allele _____.

5. Two parents think their baby was switched at the hospital. Its 1968, so DNA fingerprinting technology
does not exist yet. The mother has blood type “O,” the father has blood type “AB,”
and the baby has blood type “B.”
a. Mother’s genotype: _______
b. Father’s genotype: _______
c. Baby’s genotype: ______ or ________
d. Punnett square showing all possible genotypes for children produced by this couple.

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 e. Was the baby switched? _______________________

6. Two other parents think their baby was switched at the hospital. Amy the mother has blood type “A,” Linville the father has blood
type “B,” and Priscilla the baby has blood type “AB.”

a. Mother’s genotype: _______ or ________

b. Father’s genotype: _______ or ________

c. Baby’s genotype: ______

d. Punnett square that shows the baby’s genotype as a possibility

e. Could the baby actually be theirs? _________________________

7. Based on the information in this table, which men could not be the father of the baby?

(hint… look at the baby’s blood type only…)____________________________________

You can use the Punnett square if you need help figuring it out.

Name Blood Type

Mother Type A

Baby Type B

The mailman Type O

The butcher Type AB

The waiter Type A

The cable guy Type B

8. The sister of the mom above also had issues with finding out who the father of her baby was. She had the state take a blood test
of potential fathers. Based on the information in this table, why was the baby taken away by the state after the test?

(hint… look at the baby’s blood type

only…)_____________________________________________________________________

Name Blood Type

Mother Type O

Baby Type AB

Bartender Type O

Guy at the club Type AB

Cabdriver Type A

Flight attendant Type B

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12 Points
2 pts. each

In blood typing, the gene for type A and the gene for type B are codominant. The gene for type O is recessive. Using
Punnett squares, determine the possible blood types of the offspring when:

1. Father is type O, Mother is type O

__________% O
__________% A
__________% B
__________% AB

2. Father is type A, homozygous; Mother is type B, homozygous

__________% O
4. Father is type A, heterozygous; Mother Ais type B, heterozygous
__________%
__________% B
__________% O
__________% AB
__________% A
__________% B
__________% AB

5. Father is type O, Mother is type AB

__________% O
__________% A
__________% B
__________% AB

6. Father and Mother are both type AB

__________% O
__________% A
__________% B
__________% AB

Genetics: X Linked Genes

In fruit flies, eye color is a sex linked trait. Red is dominant to white.
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1. What are the sexes and eye colors of flies with the following genotypes:

XRXr _________________ XRY _________________

XRXR _________________ XrY _________________

2. What are the genotypes of these flies:

white eyed, male ____________ red eyed female (heterozygous) ________

white eyed, female ___________ red eyed, male ___________

3. Show the cross of a white eyed female X

r
X r with a red-eyed male X R Y .

4. Show a cross between a pure red eyed female and a white eyed male.
What are the genotypes of the parents:
___________& _______________

How many are:

white eyed, male___
white eyed, female ___
red eyed, male ____
red eyed, female ____

5. Show the cross of a red eyed female (heterozygous) and a red eyed male. What are the genotypes of the
parents?
___________ & ________________

How many are:

white eyed, male___white eyed, female ___
red eyed, male ____ red eyed, female ____

Math: What if in the above cross, 100 males were produced

and 200 females. (think about the percentage of the total #)
How many total red-eyed flies would there be?
6. ____________
7. In humans, hemophilia is a sex linked trait. Females can be normal, carriers, or have the disease. Males
will either have the disease or not (but they won’t ever be carriers)

= female, normal
= male, normal

= female, carrier
= male, hemophiliac

= female, hemophiliac

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Show the cross of a man who has hemophilia with a woman who is a carrier.

8. What is the probability that their children will have the disease? __________

9. A woman who is a carrier marries a normal man. Show the cross. What is the probability that
their children will have hemophilia? What sex will a child in the family with hemophilia be?

10. A woman who has hemophilia marries a normal man. How many of their children will have hemophilia,
and what is their sex?

20 Points
2 pts. each

How to set up dihybrid crosses

A) Figure out the genotypes of both traits for both parents.

B) Write out the parents’ genotypes together ex. AABB X aabb

C) Use the F O I L method to set up the test cross

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r t s s
s s i t
t i d
d e
e
1) Draw the arrows for each parent for the FOIL method. An example is given below.
Parent 1 Parent 2
A A B B X a a b b

2) Set up the
cross for both sides. Parent 1
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Parent 2

3) Practice filling in the probable offspring below.

AB AB AB AB
ab
AaBb

ab 3 pts.
ab

ab

4) To figure the phenotypic ratio, count the number of individuals with either the dominant or recesssive
phenotype for both traits! Then that ratio would be something like 4:4:4:4 or 9:3:3:1
PTC-taster- TT, Tt Attached earlobes- EE, Ee Can roll tongue- RR, Rr
Non-PTC taster – tt Free earlobes – ee Can’t roll tongue - rr
Hitchhikers thumb- HH, Hh Straight pinky- PP, Pp
Straight thumb – hh Bent pinky- pp
Hair on mid-digit – MM, Mm Widow’s peak- WW, Ww
No hair on mid-digit- mm No widow’s peak- ww

Now practice!

Dihybrid Crosses. Set up the crosses using the rules and the letters from the other page.

1. If a woman who is a non-PTC taster (recessive) with heterozygous hitchhikers thumb has children with a man who is a
heterozygous PTC taster with straight thumbs (recessive), what is the probability of them having each of the following types
of children? (Fill in the Punnett Square and the blanks).
Parents’ genotypes ____________ X ____________
a. How many PTC taster, Hitchhikers thumb
b. How many PTC taster, straight thumb
c. How many Non-PTC taster, Hitchhikers thumb
d. How many Non- PTC taster, straight thumb
e. What is the phenotypic ratio?

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 2. If a woman who has no hair on her mid-digit (recessive)and is homozygous attached earlobes (dominant) has children with a
man who has hair on his mid-digit and has attached earlobes (heterozygous for both traits), what is the probability of them
having each of the following types of children? (Fill in the Punnett Square and the blanks).
Parents’ genotypes ____________ X ____________
a. How many hair, attached earlobes
b. How many hair, not attached earlobes
c. How many hairless, attached earlobes
d. How many hairless, not attached earlobes
e. What is the phenotypic ratio?

3. John Doe and Jane Doe want to have children and are thinking about how their childrens’ hands might look. What would
their children look like if they are both heterozygous for straight pinky and hitchhikers thumb? (Fill in the Punnett Square and
the blanks).
Parents’ genotypes ____________ X ____________
a. Straight pinky, hitchhikers thumb
b. Straight pinky, Straight thumbs
c. bent pinky, hitchhikers thumb
d. bent pinky, Straight thumbs
e. What is the phenotypic ratio?

4. Dohn Joe and Dane Joe want to have children and are thinking about how their childrens’ hair line and tongues will turn out.
They are both circus performers and want their children to follow in their footsteps. Their circus only accepts people with a
Widow’s Peak and who can roll their tongues. What would their children look like if Dohn is heterozygous for both Widow’s
peak and tongue rolling, and Dane is homozygous dominant for Widow’s peak and heterozygous for tongue rolling? (Fill in
the Punnett Square and the blanks).
Parents’ genotypes ____________ X ____________
a. Widow’s Peak, Tongue Roller
b. Widow’s Peak, non tongue roller
c. Straight hair line, Tongue Roller
d. Straight hair line, non tongue roller
e. What is the phenotypic ratio?
f. What are the chances of their child being able to join the circus?

12 Points 3 pts. each

This problem will involve both a test cross and a Dihybrid Punnett Square 10 Points
Background information:
1. You are a pigeon breeder. In order to make the most money as a pigeon breeder, you must sell mainly
checkered winged, red feather pigeons. Lucky for you checkered wings and red feathers are dominant in

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 pigeons (plain wings and brown feathers are recessive). To breed as many checkered winged, red feather
pigeons as possible, you need to breed homozygous checkered winged, red feather pigeons with each other
(because all of the offspring would be checkered winged, red feather pigeons). You know you have a female
homozygous checkered winged, red feathered pigeon (you bred her yourself!) She is so beautiful that she has
won prizes in several pigeon beauty contests.
a. The Problem: You recently purchased a male pigeon that has checkered wings and red feathers from a
shady pigeon dealer, who claimed it was homozygous. Before you breed this male with your prize
winning female, you want to be sure that it is homozygous for both traits. Describe how you will be able
to tell what the genotype for both traits of your pigeon in 1 generation. (test cross here) 5 points

b. Illustrate the probable outcomes if your pigeon IS homozygous for both traits. (using a Punnett Square)
5 points.

Pedigree Worksheet 22 Points

Use the given pedigrees to answer the following questions:

The pedigree to the right shows the passing on I 1 2

of straight thumbs (recessive) and Hitchhiker’s
II 1 2 3 4
Thumb (dominant) in a family. Shaded shapes
mean the person has a straight thumb III 1 2 3 4
IV 1 2 3
1. What is the genotype of IV-1?
2. What is the genotype IV-3?
3. What is the genotype of III-1?
4. What is the genotype III-2?
5. What is the genotype II-3?
6. Is it possible for individual IV-2 to be a
carrier? Why?

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 7. The pedigree to the right shows the passing on of
I
colorblindness (a recessive, sex-linked trait). Fill in the
numbers for each generation (generation IV is done for
you). II
II
8. What do the half shaded circles mean?

9. What is the ONLY sex carriers of colorblindness can be? III

10. Which individuals are colorblind?

IV

11. What is the genotype of person II-2? 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

12. What is the genotype of person I-1?
13. What is the genotype of person III-3?
14. If person IV-1 marries a female who is not colorblind and is not a carrier, what are the chances of their male offspring being
colorblind? What about their female offspring?

I 1 2
= Sickle Cell
Anemia
II
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

III 1 2 3 4 5

NOTE- carriers are not shown on this pedigree although Sickle Cell Anemia IS A RECESSIVE DISORDER.
15. Which members of the family above are afflicted with sickle cell anemia?
16. How are individuals III-4 and III-5 related?
17. How are individuals I-1 and I-2 related?
18. How are individuals II-7 and III-2 related?
19. How are individuals I-2 and III-5 related?
20. How many children did individuals I-1 and I-2 have?
21. How many girls did II-1 and II-2 have? ___________ How many have sickle cell anemia?
22. Label the possible genotypes for all individuals in the pedigree. One person can have more than one possible genotype

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