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APPLYING
PRACTICES Punnett Squares

Punnett squares can be used to predict the possible genotypes and phenotypes of
offspring in the cross between two known genotypes. Create Punnett squares to
answer the following questions.

Practice
1. Earlobes are an inherited trait. Attached earlobes are recessive (e) and free earlobes
(E) are dominant. If a heterozygous man with free earlobes reproduces with a
woman with attached earlobes, what possible earlobes will the children have?

2. What is the genotypic ratio for the cross in question 1? What is the phenotypic ratio?

3. Grey hair (G) is dominant to white hair (g) in rabbits and black eyes (B) are dominant
to red eyes (b). What possible phenotypes of offspring will be produced if a male
rabbit with the genotype GGbb reproduces with a female rabbit with the genotype
ggBb?
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4. What is the probability that an offspring of the rabbits in question 3 will have
grey hair and black eyes?
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Punnett Squares CONTINUED

Interpret
1. Hairlines are an inherited trait. The dominant allele of the widow’s peak is
represented by W and the recessive allele of a straight hairline is present by w.
What possible hairlines will the children of a homozygous man with a widow’s
peak and a woman with a straight hairline have?

Apply
1. Use a Punnett square to explain how the genotypic and phenotypic ratios can be
different in some crosses.
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