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Pedigree Review Worksheet

1. What do the circles represent? Females.

2. What do the squares represent? Males.
3. What do the coloured squares represent? Affected or exhibiting the trat/disease.
4. What does a horizontal line between a circle and square represent? Married.
5. What does a vertical line represent? Offspring.
6. What does the half-shaded circle represent? Carrier.
7. How are several children from a marriage represented? Along a horizontal line.
8. Is this a dominant/recessive or sex-linked trait? Dominant.

1. How many generations are shown on the pedigree? 3

2. Which parent in the first generation has sickle cell anemia? Neither
3. How many children were born in the 2nd generation? 4
4. How many children in the 2nd generation are carriers for sickle cell anemia? 4
5. Is sickle cell anemia a sex-linked trait? No.
6. Is the gene for sickle anemia likely a dominant gene or recessive?
Recessive. The F1 and F2 generations can be carriers, but none exhibit the disease.