Monohybrid Genetic Cross Practice Problems

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1. In tomato plants, the tall vine allele (T) is 4. Polycystic kidney disease (PKD) can result in
dominant to the short vine allele (t). Two tomato kidney failure. In most cases, PKD is caused by a
plants are crossed. Among the o spring plants dominant allele.
grown from seed, 45% have tall vines and 55%
have short vines. What is the chance that a child will have PKD
if the father is una ected and the mother is
What are the most likely genotypes of the parent heterozygous for PKD?
plants?
A. 0% B. 25% C. 50% D. 75%
A. TT and tt B. Tt and TT

C. Tt and tt D. tt and tt

5. A dog gives birth to ve puppies. What percentage

2. In mussels, the allele for brown coloring (B) is of its chromosomes does each puppy share with
dominant, and the allele for blue coloring (b) is the mother?
recessive. For which parental genotypes are 100%
of the o spring expected to be blue? A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%

A. Bb Bb B. BB bb

C. bb bb D. BB BB

6. Many ranchers prefer cattle without horns. The

presence or absence of horns is genetically
determined. The allele for the absence of
3. In guinea pigs, the allele for black hair (B) is
horns (A) is dominant to the allele for the presence
dominant to the allele for brown hair (b). Two
of horns (a).
black-haired guinea pigs are crossed. One of the
guinea pigs is homozygous for black hair and one A male with horns is mated with a heterozygous
is heterozygous. female without horns. What percentage of the
o spring would be expected to have horns?
What percentage of the o spring are expected to
have black hair?
A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%
A. 25% B. 50% C. 75% D. 100%

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7. Use the information and the Punnett square below 8. Use the table below to answer the question.
to answer the question(s).
Blood Types
In guinea pigs, the allele for black fur (B)
Genotype(s) Phenotype
is dominant. The allele for brown fur (b) is
recessive. Two guinea pigs were crossed as shown ii O
in the Punnett square below. IA IA , IA i A
IB IB , IB i B
IA IB AB

Blood type is inherited through multiple alleles,

including IA , IB , and i. A child has type A blood.
If the father has type AB blood, what are all the
possible phenotypes of the mother?

A. phenotypes O or A

B. phenotypes A or AB
What is the probability that an o spring from this
cross would have brown fur? C. phenotypes A, B, AB

D. phenotypes O, A, B, AB
A. 50% B. 25% C. 0%

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