Dihybrid

Crosses
The Law of Independent
Assortment
 Independent Assortment
• The inheritance pattern of one trait will
not affect the inheritance pattern of
another
• Independent assortment occurs during
meiosis
• For a single human gamete, the possible
ways chromosomes may assort is
astounding:
223 = 8,388,608 possible combinations
 Dihybrid Cross
In snapdragons, tallness (T) is dominant to dwarfness(t),
while red color is due to gene (R) and white to its
corresponding allele (r). The heterozygous condition
results in pink (Rr) flower color. A dwarf pink snapdragon
is crossed with a plant homozygous for tallness and red
flowers. Give the possible genotypes and corresponding
phenotypes for all of the possible F1 generation.
Step #1: Determine Genotypes
of Parents
“A dwarf pink snapdragon is crossed with
a plant homozygous for tallness and red
flowers. “
Dwarf pink = ttRr

Homozygous tall, red = TTRR

Step #2: Determine Genotypes
of Gametes
“A dwarf pink snapdragon is crossed with
a plant homozygous for tallness and red
flowers. “
Dwarf pink = ttRr
tR tr tR tr

Homozygous tall, red = TTRR

TR TR TR TR
 Step #3: Punnett Square
The Punnett square Gametes from
determines the TALL red parent
genotypes of the
TR TR TR TR
offspring
tR TtRR TtRR TtRR TtRR

tr TtRr TtRr TtRr TtRr

Gametes from
dwarf pink parent
tR TtRR TtRR TtRR TtRR

tr TtRr TtRr TtRr TtRr

Step #4: Identify Phenotype
Ratios in Offspring

TtRR TtRR TtRR TtRR Tall, red = 8/16

Tall, pink = 8/16
TtRr TtRr TtRr TtRr
Tall, white = 0/16
TtRR TtRR TtRR TtRR Short, red = 0/16
Short, pink = 0/16
TtRr TtRr TtRr TtRr
Short, white = 0/16