Part A: Structured Questions

1. Corn (Zea mays) seeds may have various colours and shapes. Red ( R ) and non-
shrunken (S) are dominant over white( r ) and shrunken (s) respectively. A cross was
done between a homozygous red non-shrunken line and a homozygous white
shrunken line. The F1 generation was then crossed with a homozygous white
shrunken line, and the following progeny were produced.

Red Shrunken 13
White Non shrunken 12
Red Non shrunken 48
White Shrunken 46

a) State the type of cross between the F1 generation and the homozygous white
shrunken line above.

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[1 mark]
b) Does the above cross conform to the Mendelian ratio? Give reasons for your
answer?

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[2 marks]

c) Explain how the situation in (b) can occur and state the genotypes of the F2
progeny.

[7 marks]
2. Fur colour in the Canadian Bigfoot is controlled by three alleles Cb, Cr,and c. (c
is recessive)A black-coated male mated with a red-coated female over a number
of years, producing a family of ten offspring; 2 black, 3 red, 2 chestnut (a mixture
of black and red hairs), and 3 white.

a) What term would you use to describe the alleles Cb and Cr ?

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[1 mark]
b) What is the genotype of the white-coated offspring?

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[1 mark]
c) What are the genotypes of the two parents?

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[1 mark]
e) What phenotype would you expect from the crossing of chest-nut coated and
white coated bigfoot?

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[2 marks]

e) If two chestnut coated Bigfoot mated, what would the probability be of their first
baby also being Chestnut coated?

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[3 marks]
3. In humans, brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue (b). A brown-eyed man marries a
blue-eyed woman and they have three children, two of whom are brown-eyed and
one of whom is blue-eyed.

a) What is the man’s genotype?

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[1 mark]
b) If that’s his genotype, what kind(s) of gametes (sperm) can he produce?

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[2 marks]
c) If blue is recessive, what must the woman’s genotype be?

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[1 mark]
d) If that’s her genotype, what kind(s) of gametes (eggs) can she produce?

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[1 mark]
e) What are the genotypes of the children?

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[2 marks]
f) Draw a genetic diagram to verify your answer.

[3 marks]
Part B: Essay Questions

1. Pure–bred pea plants with grey seed coats and long stems were crossed with plants with
white seed coats and short stems. All offspring in the F1 generation had grey seed-coats
and long stems.

a) Suggest symbols for seed coat colour and stem height alleles.
[2 marks]

b) Using a genetic diagram, explain the phenotype ratio you would expect if the F 1
generation were self-fertilised.
[12 marks]

c) Explain how you would find out the genotype of a plant with grey seed coats
and long stems.
[6 marks]

2. a) State Mendel’s First Law and Second Law. Under what conditions are these laws
applicable?

[10 marks]

b) The mosquito, Aedes aegyptii has spotted or spotless forms on a grey or yellow body. The
allele for spotless body, S, is dominant to the allele for spotted body, s. The allele for grey
body, G is dominant to the allele for yellow body, g. A cross
was made between homozygous spotless, grey bodied mosquitoes and spotted, yellow
bodied mosquitoes. The F1 individuals were then crossed with the homozygous
recessive and the number of the resulting phenotypes was counted. The results are
shown below:

Phenotypes Number

Spotless, grey bodied 442

a) State the genotype and the phenotype of the F1 using the above symbols.
[2 marks]

b) Using a genetic diagram, explain the results shown above and state the map unit
between both genes.
[8 marks]