Name: Jonald Pinongpong

Course-Section: BIO105-JK28
Activity Title/No.: Mendelian Genetics-2

1. In guinea pigs, short hair, S, is dominant to long hair, s. Complete the following
Punnett squares according to the directions given. Then, fill in the blanks beside
each Punnett square with the correct numbers.

S s
a. One guinea pig is Ss and one is ss.
s Ss ss
Expected number of offspring:
2 Short hair (SS or Ss) s Ss ss
2 Long hair (ss)

b. Both guinea pigs are heterozygous for short hair. S s

S SS Ss

Expected number of offspring:

s Ss ss
3 Short hair
1 Long hair

2. In pea plants, round (R) is dominant to wrinkled (r). A heterozygous female is

crossed with a wrinkled male. Make a Punnett Square to determine the possible
offspring.

R r

r Rr rr

r Rr rr

a. What are the possible genotypes of the offspring?

- The possible genotypes of the offspring are Rr and rr.

b. What are the possible phenotypes of the offspring?

- The possible phenotypes of the offspring are round and wrinkled.
 c. What is the probability of having an offspring that is round?
- The probability of having an offspring that is round is 50%.

d. What is the probability of having an offspring that is homozygous?

- The probability of having an offspring that is homozygous is 50%,
which is homozygous recessive.

3. Hornless (H) in cattle is dominant over horned (h). A homozygous hornless bull is
mated with a homozygous horned cow. What will be the genotype and phenotype
of the offspring?

h h

H Hh Hh

H Hh Hh

a. What are the possible genotypes of the offspring?

- The possible genotype of offspring is Hh.

b. What are the possible phenotypes of the offspring?

- The possible phenotype of the offspring is hornless.

4. In man, assume that spotted skin (S) is dominant over non-spotted skin (s) and
that wooly hair (W) is dominant over non-wooly hair (w). Cross a marriage between
a heterozygous spotted, non-wooly man with a heterozygous wooly-haired, non-
spotted woman. Give genotypic and phenotypic ratios of offspring.
sW sw sW sw

SsWw Ssww SsWw Ssww

Sw

SsWw Ssww SsWw Ssww

Sw

sw
ssWw ssww ssWw ssww

sw ssWw ssww ssWw ssww

 Phenotypes:
Genotypes: 4 (SsWw) – Heterozygous Spotted skin and
(25%) SsWw – 4 heterozygous wooly hair

(25%) ssWw- 4 4 (ssWw) - Homozygous non-spotted skin and

heterozygous wooly hair
(25%) Ssww - 4
4 (Ssww) - Heterozygous Spotted skin and
(25%) ssww - 4 Homozygous non-wooly hair
4 (ssww) - Homozygous non-spotted skin and
Homozygous non-wooly hair

Genotypic ratio: 4:4:4:4 or 1:1:1:1

Phenotypic ratio: 4:4:4:4 or 1:1:1:1

5. Set up a punnett square using the following information:

• Dominate allele for tall plants = D

• Recessive allele for dwarf plants = d
• Dominate allele for purple flowers = W
• Recessive allele for white flowers = w
• Cross a homozygous dominate parent (DDWW) with a homozygous recessive
parent (ddww)

dw dw dw dw

DW DdWw DdWw DdWw DdWw

DdWw DdWw DdWw DdWw

DW

DW
DdWw DdWw DdWw DdWw

DW
DdWw DdWw DdWw DdWw
Genotype:
(100%) 16 - DdWw

Phenotype:
(100%) 16 - tall plants with purple flowers.

a. What is the probability of producing tall plants with purple flowers?

- The probability of producing tall plants with purple flowers is 100%.

b. What is the probability of producing dwarf plants with white flowers?

- The probability of producing dwarf plants with white flowers is 0%.

c. What is the probability of producing tall plants with white flowers?

- The probability of producing tall plants with white flowers is 0%.

d. What is the probability of producing dwarf plants with purple flowers?

- The probability of producing dwarf plants with purple flowers is 0%.

6. Imagine that a couple is planning to have children. The male is heterozygous for
tongue rolling and homozygous dominant for unattached earlobes. The female is
homozygous recessive for tongue rolling and heterozygous for unattached
earlobes. The couple is curious about the possibility and probability of their
offspring inheriting these traits. The ability to roll one’s tongue is dominant (R) over
the “non-rolling” condition (r.) Unattached earlobes (U) are dominant over attached
earlobes (u) Complete a Punnett square for this cross and record the probabilities
for genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring as ratios.

rU ru rU ru

RrUU RrUu RrUU RrUu

RU

RrUU RrUu RrUU RrUu

RU

rrUU rrUu rrUU rrUu

rU

rrUU rrUu rrUU rrUu

rU
 Genotypes:
(25%) 4 - RrUU
(25%) 4 - RrUu
(25%) 4 - rrUU
(25%) 4 - rrUu

Phenotypes:
(50%) 8 - Rolling tongue and unattached earlobes (50%)
(50%) 8 - Non-rolling tongue and unattached earlobes (50%)

Genotypic Ratio:
4:4:4:4 or 1:1:1:1

Phenotypic Ratio:
8:8 or 1:1

Solvings: