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Non-Mendelian Inheritance Practice Problems (10 points)

Work must be neatly done!! Be sure to make dominant and recessie alleles clearly
distin!uishable" Punnett s#uares should sho$ !enotypes and phenotypes" Make Punnett s#uares
only as bi! as needed to sho$ ratios"
(I% I stru!!le to understand& there $ill be a deduction")
Draw Punnett squares here
1" In plants known as four oclocks, the allele for the dominant
red flower color is designated as and is incompletel! dominant
o"er the allele for white flowers f# $ horticulturist allows se"eral
hetero%!gous pink flowered four oclocks to self pollinate and
collects &'' seeds#
Draw a Punnett square for the cross and then identif! the flower
color phenot!pes and theoretical percentage, and num(er of plants
e)pected from these seeds#
Phenot!pe * + _
'" In mice !ellow coat color is carried (! the allele , is
incompletel! dominant o"er the % allele# -he hetero%!gote has
(rown fur# $ research la( mates .' hetero%!gous mice, and among
the offspring, /& ha"e (rown fur and .0 ha"e !ellow fur#
$# Draw a Punnett square for the cross that shows this cross#
1# 2h! does a &3. rather than a .3&3. ratio result from this cross4
(" 5kin color in humans is determined (! a pol!genic
inheritance s!stem, possi(l! in"ol"ing in"ol"ing as man!
as 0 genes# or simplicit! lets consider the influence of
6 genes3 $, 1, and 7, where the dominant allele darkens
skin color# 5uppose a women who is $$1(7c mates
with a man who is $a1(cc#
$# 8ist all of the possi(le genot!pes of the gametes that
could (e produced (! each the parents4
3 ______________ 3 _______________
1# Draw a Punnett square that shows the genot!pes
possi(le, and num(er each genot!pe from lightest 9.: to
darkest skin coloration#
7# In this cross, how man! dominant alleles will children
with the darkest skin coloration possess, and what
theoretical fraction of the children will ha"e this
coloration4
+ of alleles3 ____ fraction3 _____
)" In ra((its, white coat color 97
2
: and (lack coat color 97
1
: are
codominant, and (oth of these alleles are dominant o"er al(ino 9c:;
hetero%!gotes 97
2
7
1
: are spotted#
Draw a Punnett 5quare that shows the genot!pes and phenot!pes
of the offspring from a hetero%!gous (lack<coated ra((it and a
homo%!gous white<coated ra((it4
*" =rs# >r!th is carrier of the se)<linked hemophilia allele, and =r#
>r!th is normal 9as far as (lood chemistr! goes:#
$# Draw a Punnet square that shows the theoretical genot!pes and
phenot!pes among their children#
1# -he! actuall! ha"e / male and / female children; how man! of
each se) would (e e)pected to (e hemophiliacs, carriers, and
normal4
+ hemophiliac +carrier + normal
3 _____ _____ _____
3 _____ _____ _____
7# Is it more likel! that =rs# >r!th o(tained the hemophilia allele
from her mother or father4 2h!4
+" In humans, the alleles for (lood t!pe are designated I
$
9$<t!pe
(lood:, I
1
91<t!pe (lood: and i 9?<t!pe (lood:# 2hat are the e)pected
frequencies of phenot!pes in the following matings4 Draw a Punnett
square showing the results for a:#
*$ *1 *? *$1
a: heter $ ) heter 1 3 ____ ____ ____ ____
(: I
$
I
1
) I
$
i 3 ____ ____ ____ ____
c: I
$
I
$
) I
1
I
1
3 ____ ____ ____ ____
d: $1 ) ? 3 ____ ____ ____ ____
," 1lood t!pe anal!sis is used frequentl! as e"idence in
paternit! suits# 7onsider the following h!pothetical cases
presented in the ta(le# -he (lood t!pe of the mother and
=other 7hild
>)onerating
(lood t!pe9s:
9$, 1, $1 or ?:
$ ?

1 $1
? ?

1 1
$ 1

child are gi"en; indicate which (lood t!pe9s:, if an!, of an
accused man would e)onerate him as the father#
Blood -ype Practice #uestions
Be sure to use proper desi!nation o% alleles (I
.
& I
B
or i) $here called %or
-his $ill not be collected
I# Identif! the 7haracteristics of the Different 1lood @roups
1lood -!pe9s: of -!pe9s: of
group antigen on cells anti(od! in serum
$ ________ ____________
1 ________ ____________ Aemem(er3 possi(le antigens are $ and 1
? ________ ____________ Aemem(er3 anti(odies are anti<$ or $nti<1
$1 ________ ____________
2hich (lood groups are considered the Buni"ersal donorB and Buni"ersal recipient4B
>)plain wh! these (lood groups are so designated
II# Identif! the characteristics of the $lleles for 1lood -!pe Determination
$llele >)pression -his allele creates
$llele 97oDom or Aec: which antigen on cell
I
$
_____ ______
I
1
_____ ______
i _____ ______
III# Identif! the @enetics of 1lood -!pe Determination
2hat are the possi(le genot!pes
1lood t!pe of persons with this (lood t!pe
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1 ____________________
$1 ____________________
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