Genetics Challenge

1. Genetics Challenge • As a group, quietly discuss each question and agree upon one correct answer. The group with the most correct answers will win.

2. 1 of 20) Traits blend together during which type of dominance?

3. 2 of 20) What determines an organisms phenotype?

4. 3 of 20) Which type of dominance is blood type?

5. 4 of 20) Below is a pedigree that follows autosomal recessive rules. What are the combined chances that Ann and Michael have 3 unhealthy children?

6. 5 of 20) Which genotype(s) will result in type B blood?

7. 6 of 20) While on a nature walk, you encounter a beautiful Orange flower. You also see beautiful Blue flowers. Out of curiousity, you decide to mate the Blue and Orange flowered plants and are stunned to create Green flowered offspring. 1) Which type of inheritance is this?2) Create a Punnett square to show your results. X =

8. 7 of 20) Mendel’s peas grew tall or short. Cross two heterozygous plants.(you should know which trait is dominant) • What is the probability of growing homozygous plants? • What is the genotype of short plants?

9. 8 of 20) From the previous problem, what is the probability of growing 3 tall plants?

10. 9 of 20) How are Tom and Carla related?

11. 10 of 20) A man, whose mother was a hemopiliac, marries a woman with no history of hemophilia in her family. In order, they had a boy and a girl. Construct a pedigree of this family and label the genotypes of all mentioned. Hint: Hemophilia is sex-linked.

12. 11 of 20) Red and white cattle coat shows codominance and create a roan cow when they reproduce. Cross a roan cow and a red bull. What is the probability of having a heterozygous cow/bull?

13. 12 of 20) Assuming autosomal recessive, what is Michael’s genotype?

14. 13 of 20) Match the diseases with the type of inheritance. Diseases: PKU Hemophilia Huntington’s disease Colorblindness Cystic fibrosis Familial hypercholestmia (FH) Inheritance Patterns: Autosomal recessive Autosomal dominant Sex-Linked

15. 14 of 20) List the genotypes of every person in this autosomal recessive pedigree. Use the letter H or h.

16. 15 of 20) A. How many blood type alleles exist? B. Name them.

17. 16 of 20) Does the pedigree below show a dominant or recessive disorder?

18. 17 of 20) Assuming autosomal recessiveness, what is Alan’s genotype?

19. 18 of 20) How many different phenotypes are possible when a heterozygous type A and type AB couple reproduce?

20. 19 of 20) From the previous problem, what is the probability of having type O blood?

21. 20 of 20) Grab Bag: What species of animal was the legendary Paul Bunyan’s pet?

22. ExchangeYourAnswers

23. 1 of 20) Traits blend together during which type of dominance? Incomplete Dominance

24. 2 of 20) What determines an organisms phenotype? Genotype

25. 3 of 20) Which type of dominance is blood type? Codominance

26. 4 of 20) Below is a pedigree that follows autosomal recessive rules. What are the chances that Ann and Michael have 3 unhealthy children? X X ¼ x ¼ x ¼ = 1/64

27. 5 of 20) Which genotype(s) will result in type B blood? BB, Bo

28. 6 of 20) While on a nature walk, you encounter a beautiful Orange flower. You also see beautiful Blue flowers. Out of curiousity, you decide to mate the Blue and Orange flowered plants and are stunned to create Green flowered offspring. 1) Which type of inheritance is this?2) Create a Punnett square to show your results. Incomplete dominance

29. 7 of 20) Mendel’s peas grew tall or short. Cross two heterozygous plants.(you should know which trait is dominant) • What is the probability of growing homozygous plants? • What is the genotype of short plants? 50% tt

30. 8 of 20) From the previous problem, what is the probability of growing 3 tall plants? ¾ x ¾ x ¾ = 27/64

31. 9 of 20) How are Tom and Carla related? Tom is Carla's uncle or Carla is Tom's neice

32. 10 of 20) A man, whose mother was a hemopiliac, marries a woman with no history of hemophilia in her family. In order, they had a boy and a girl. Construct a pedigree of this family and label the genotypes of all mentioned. Hint: Hemophilia is sex-linked. Not mentioned. Does not need to be included. D D man woman D D

33. 11 of 20) Red and white cattle coat shows codominance and create a roan cow when they reproduce. Cross a roan cow and a red bull. What is the probability of having a heterozygous cow/bull? 50%

34. 12 of 20) Assuming autosomal recessive, what is Michael’s genotype? Hh

35. 13 of 20) Match the diseases with the type of inheritance. Autosomal recessive PKU Cystic fibrosis Autosomal dominant Huntington’s disease FH Sex-Linked Hemophilia Colorblindness

36. 14 of 20) List the genotypes of every person in this autosomal recessive pedigree. Use the letter H or h. Hh Hh hh Hh H? hh Hh Hh Hh

37. 15 of 20) A. How many blood type alleles exist? B. Name them. a) 3 b) A, B, o

38. 16 of 20) Does the pedigree below show a dominant or recessive disorder? Dominant (no generations are skipped)

39. 17 of 20) What is Alan’s genotype? Hh

40. 18 of 20) How many different phenotypes are possible when a heterozygous type A and type AB couple reproduce? 3

41. 19 of 20) From the previous problem, what is the probability of having type O blood? 0%

42. 20 of 20) Grab Bag: What species of animal was the legendary Paul Bunyan’s pet? Ox