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APPLY YOUR UNDERSTANDING

Pagcaliwagan, Jamaela J.
Name:____________________________________________Section: 8-Garnet

1. Let's say that in seals, the gene for the length of the
whiskers has two alleles. The dominant allele (W) codes for
long whiskers & the recessive allele (w) codes for short
whiskers.

a) What would be the result if two long-whiskered seals (one that is homozygous dominant and
one that is heterozygous) will be crossed? Complete the Punnet Square and the table below.
Answer the questions that follow.

w
Parents OFFSPRING
W Genotypes Homozygous dominant Phenotype
W WW WW Homozygous recessive short/long
Heterozygous
WW Homozygous dominant Long
Ww Ww WW Long
Homozygous dominant
w Ww Heterozygous Long
Ww Heterozygous Long
L O
What percentage of offspring would be expected to have short whiskers from the cross of two
long- whiskered seals?0%

What percentage of offspring would be expected to have long whiskers from the cross of two long-
whiskered seals?100%

What is the genotypic ratio? 2:2

What is the phenotypic ration: 4:0

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 b) If one parent seal that is pure long-whiskered will be crossed with a pure short-whiskered,
complete the Punnet square and table below. Answer the questions that follow.

Parents W W OFFSPRING
Genotypes Homozygous dominant Phenotype
w Ww Ww Homozygous recessive short/long
Heterozygous
Ww Heterozygous Long
Ww Heterozygous Long
w Ww Ww
Ww Heterozygous Long
Ww Heterozygous Long

What percentage of offspring would be expected to have short whiskers from the cross of two
long- whiskered seals? 0%

What percentage of offspring would be expected to have long whiskers from the cross of two
long- whiskered seals? 100%

c) If two heterozygous long-whiskered parent seal are crossed, complete the Punnet square and
table below. Answer the questions that follow.

The genotypic ratio is 1:2:1 OFFSPRING

The phenotypic ratio is 3:1 Genotypes Homozygous dominant Phenotype
Homozygous recessive short/long
Parents Heterozygous
W w WW Homozygous dominant Long
W WW Ww Ww Heterozygous Long
Ww Heterozygous Long
ww Homozygous recessive Short

w
Ww ww What percentage of offspring would be expected to
have short whiskers from the cross of two long-
whiskered seals? 25%

What percentage of offspring would be expected to have long whiskers from the cross of two
long- whiskered seals? 75%

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