Genetics Sheet 1 Student name:..

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Grade: 8 Date: /4/2012

Solve the following genetics problems. 1. Scientists have discovered a flower that has two possible colors, pink and blue. The gene for pink flowers is represented by P and the gene for blue flowers is represented by p. a. What would be the color of a flower which has the alleles Pp? b. The scientists took a pure breeding pink flower and crossed it with a pure breeding blue flower. Work out the possible percentages of colors of the offspring. (Pure breeding means that they are pure). c. If the scientists took two of these new plants and bred them, what are the chances of getting a blue flower? Give your answer in fractions. 2. In tigers, orange fur is dominant over white fur. A white cub has orange-furred parents. What are the genes of each parent? Explain your answer. In dogs, wiry hair is dominant to smooth hair. If a pure wire-haired dog is bred with a smooth-haired dog, what sort of hair will their offspring have? (in percentages)

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In tomatoes, red fruit is dominant over yellow fruit. A plant that is pure for red fruit is crossed with a plant that has yellow fruit. What would be the genes and colors of the parents and first generation? (Do the necessary punnett square) Brown eyes in humans are dominant to blue eyes. A brown-eyed man, whose mother was blue-eyed, marries a brown-eyed woman whose father had blue eyes. a. Give the genes of the man and his wife. b. What is the percentage that this couple will have a blue-eyed child? (Do the necessary punnett square)

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