Genetic Cross Practise Questions

1. In humans brown eyes are dominant to green eyes.

a) Describe, as fully as you can, the genotype and phenotype of the following people: a male
(Bb) and a female (bb)
b) Use a punnet square to show the possibilities for their children
c) Calculate the probability they will have a green eye child

2. In the fruit fly, long wings (L) are dominant over short wings (l).

a) In a cross between a heterozygous long-winged male and a short-winged female, what are
the expected ratios for genotype and phenotype of the offspring?
b) A heterozygous long-winged fly female is mated with a homozygous long-winged male. What
are the expected ratios for genotype and phenotype of the offspring?

3. In cats, a single gene controls tail length. T= long tail, t=short tail.

a) If a heterozygous cat is crossed with a homozygous short tailed cat, show the probable
offspring.
b) If they had a litter of 12 kittens, how many would you expect to have short tails?
c) Explain why this may not be the case
d) Explain, with the aid of a punnet square, how two long tailed cats could have short tailed
offspring.

Genetic Cross Practise Questions

1. In humans brown eyes are dominant to green eyes.

b) Describe, as fully as you can, the genotype and phenotype of the following people: a male
(Bb) and a female (bb)
d) Use a punnet square to show the possibilities for their children
e) Calculate the probability they will have a green eye child

2. In the fruit fly, long wings (L) are dominant over short wings (l).

a) In a cross between a heterozygous long-winged male and a short-winged female, what are
the expected ratios for genotype and phenotype of the offspring?
b) A heterozygous long-winged fly female is mated with a homozygous long-winged male. What
are the expected ratios for genotype and phenotype of the offspring?

3. In cats, a single gene controls tail length. T= long tail, t=short tail.

a) If a heterozygous cat is crossed with a homozygous short tailed cat, show the probable
offspring.
b) If they had a litter of 12 kittens, how many would you expect to have short tails?
c) Explain why this may not be the case
d) Explain, with the aid of a punnet square, how two long tailed cats could have short tailed
offspring.