WEEK 3

NAME: BADONGEN, Kyla Faye

MADANOM, Kate

SECTION: 11- BIYO

A. Self – Check. Fill – in the blanks with the missing letters to come up with the word being asked. Use the
clues given on the second column.

Word Clue
P h e n o t y p e 1. It refers to the observable physical trait.

M o n o h y b r i d_ 2. It refers to a cross that involves one trait at a time.

S e g r e g a t i o n
M e n d el
P u n n e t t S q u a r e
D i h y b r i d
3. It is one of the law of inheritance which states that the two alleles of
one trait segregate from each other during gamete formation.
4. He is the basis of classic genetics from his experiments on garden
peas.
5. It is referred to as a diagram made of boxes that is used to predict
the expected results in a genetic cross by considering all the possible
combinations of gametes in a cross.
6. It refers to a cross that involves two or more traits.

S e x c h r o m o s o me 7. It determines the sex of an individual.

V a r i a t i o n 8. It is referred as the differences among individuals belonging to the

I n h e r i t a n c e
P o p u l at i o n
same species.
9. It is the process of how a child receives genetic information from
the parent.
10. It is a division of genetics that focuses on the behaviour of a
particular gene in group of organisms and how gene frequency is
affected by environmental factors

B. Problem Solving. Read, analyze, and do what is asked in each problem. Do not forget to show all
procedures and the Punnett Square.
1. In pea plants, spherical seeds (S) are dominant to dented seeds (s). In a genetic cross of two plants that are
heterozygous for the seed shape trait, what would be the genotypic and phenotypic ratio?

Parents’ Allele: _Ss__ss_________

Genotypes:
SS
S s Ss
Ss
ss
Phenotypes:
S SS Ss Spherical Seeds
Spherical Seeds
Spherical Seeds
Dented Seeds
S Ss ss Genotypic Ratio: 2:1:1
Phenotypic Ratio:
3:1
2. A pea plant is heterozygous for both seed shape and seed color. S is the allele for the dominant, spherical
shape characteristics; s is the allele for recessive, dented shape characteristic. Y is the allele for the dominant,
yellow color caharacteristic; y is the allele for the recessive green color characteristic. What will be the
distribution of these two alleles in this plant’s gametes? Prove your chosen answer.
A. 50% of gametes are Sy; 50% of gametes are sY.
B. 25% of gametes are SY; 25% of gametes are Sy; 25% of the gametes are sY; 25% of the gametes are sy.
- Alleles of different genes are assorted independently of each other during the formation of gametes.
C. 50% of gametes are sy; 50% of gametes are SY.
D. 100% of the gametes are SsYy.
E. 50% of gametes are SsYy; 50% of gametes are SSYY.

Parents’ Allele: _spherical shape(S),dented shape(s)____________

yellow color(Y), green color(y)

SY Sy sY sy

SY SSYY SSYy SsYY SsYy

Sy SSYy SSyy SsYy Ssyy

sY SsYY SsYy ssYY ssYy

sy SsYy Ssyy ssYy ssyy

3. A couple with a newborn baby is troubled that the child does not resemble either of them. Suspecting that a
mix-up occurred at the hospital, they check the blood type of the infant. It is type O. Because the father is type
A and the mother is type B, they conclude that a mix-up must have occurred. Are they correct? Prove your
answer.

Parents’ Allele: ___father-A, mother-B__________

AO x BO

A O

B AB BO

O AO OO
 ---At times, newborn baby may not resemble either of the parent but maybe to the grandparents or other
relatives. It is possible for a child to have a different blood group from that of the parents. Absolutely, but only
some combinations are possible. Both parents have the Dominant type A and type B blood with a recessive
type o blood which in turn, the parent passes on only one allele to each child, so a parent with AO can pass
either A or O, or a parent with type BO can pass either A or O, therefore the infant possessed the O blood type
from parents.
II. Questions to Ponder

 How does genetics explain our inherited traits?

Parents pass the traits or characteristics to their offspring through genes. The children will inherit eye
color, blood type, and many more. Some characteristics have many different forms like; blood type.
Blood type can be A, AB, B, or maybe O. Changes in genes for a characteristic will cause these
different forms. Allele, the 2 copies of genes contained in your chromosomes influences the way your
cells work. The 2 alleles in a gene are inherited, one from each parent. Alleles interact in different
ways, and are called inheritance patterns.

 Why are there variations in organisms produced by the same parents?

It is because there’s only a probability of 75% that an offspring can inherit the same linked genes that
came from their parents’ DNA. And there’s a probability of 25% that an offspring can’t inherit the
linked genes that their parents have. An example is; Rome and Julie are both tall, and they have 4
children, 2 females and 2 males. The males and 1 female got that trait, and the another female didn’t
inherit it.