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A male affected with an inherited disorder A female carrying a trait for an inherited
would be represented by a disorder would be represented by a
A. Filled in circle C. Half filled circle A. Filled in circle C. Half filled circle
B. Filled in square D. Half filled square B. Filled in square D. Half filled square
Level 1 Q3 Level 1 Q4
A homozygous dominant female is A couple has three children: a daughter and
represented by a(n) two sons. If the mother and daughter both
have a genetic disorder, what would the
A. Half filled circle C. Unfilled square
pedigree of this family look like?
A. B. C. D.
B. Filled in circle D. Unfilled circle
Level 2 Q1 Level 2 Q2
What percentage of the parents in this If blue eyes are a recessive trait, what
pedigree are homozygous recessive? percentage of the offspring in this pedigree
are homozygous recessive for blue eyes?
A. 0% A. 0%
B. 25% B. 33%
C. 50% C. 66%
D. 100% D. 100%
Level 2 Q3 Level 2 Q4
If blue eyes are a recessive trait, what If blue eyes are a recessive trait, what
percentage of the offspring in this pedigree percentage of the offspring in this pedigree
are homozygous dominant for blue eyes? are heterozygous for blue eyes?
A. 0% A. 0%
B. 33% B. 33%
C. 66% C. 66%
D. 100% D. 100%
Level 3 Q1 Level 3 Q2
What mode of What mode of
inheritance is shown inheritance is shown
in the following in the following
pedigree? pedigree?
Level 3 Q3 Level 3 Q4
What mode of What mode of
inheritance is shown inheritance is shown
in the following in the following
pedigree? pedigree?
C. EE C. I-1 Dd
D. Ee 1 2 3 4 5 6 D. II-3 dd 1 2 3 4 5 6
Level 4 Q3 Level 3 Q4
This pedigree tracks muscular dystrophy (MD). This pedigree tracks cystic fibrosis, which is
MD is an X-linked recessive trait. If individual an autosomal recessive trait. If individuals
II-3 has a child with a carrier woman, what is I-1 and I-2 had a fourth child, what is the
the percent chance that chance that the child
the child will be a 1 2 would have cystic 1 2
daughter with MD? fibrosis?
A. 0% A. 0%
B. 25% 1 2 3 4 5 B. 25% 1 2 3 4 5
C. 50% C. 50%
D. 100% 1 2 3 4 5 6
D. 75% 1 2 3 4 5 6
Level 5 Q1 Level 5 Q2
This pedigree tracks polydactyly, a condition If individual II-4 married an individual who is
caused by a dominant allele in which a homozygous dominant for polydactyly, what
person has more than five fingers or toes on is the probability that their first child will be
one, or each, hand or foot. What is the heterozygous for the trait?
genotype of the father?
I
P A. 50%
A. X Y 1 2
B. PP B. 25%
C. Pp C. 100% II
D. pp D. 0% 1 2 3 4
Level 5 Q3 Level 5 Q4
This pedigree tracks the x-linked recessive This pedigree tracks the x-linked recessive
trait, muscular dystrophy (MD). trait, muscular dystrophy (MD). If individual
What is the genotype III-1 marries an unaffected, non-carrier
of individual II-2? female, how many of their
1 2
offspring will have MD? 1 2
A. XDXD A. 0%
B. XDXd 1 2 3 4 5 B. 25% 1 2 3 4 5
C. XdXd C. 75%
D. XdY D. 100%
1 2 3 4 5 6
1 2 3 4 5 6