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Dihybrid Cross Problems

1. In grasshoppers, the body color of brown is dominant over green. Also, having
strong legs is dominant over having weak legs. A heterozygous brown, homozygous
strong-legged male meets a heterozygous brown, homozygous weak legged female.
They produce a number of offspring. Complete the following.

a. Possible genotypes for Brown body color: ________ Green body color: _______
b. Possible genotypes for Strong legs: _________ Weak legs: _________

c. Male genotype: _____________ Male possible gametes: _______________

d. Female genotype: ___________ Female possible gametes: ______________

e.

f. Genotypic Ratio:

g. Phenotypic Ratio:

h. What percentage of the offspring will exhibit both dominant traits? _______
i. What percentage of the offspring will have a brown body and weak legs? ______
j. What are the chances of having a green grasshopper with strong legs? __ in __
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2. In Zorks, blue tail feathers are dominant and red ones are recessive. Also, long
toes are dominant and short toes are recessive. Cross a homozygous blue-tailed,
heterozygous long-toed Zork (male) with a homozygous red-tailed, short-toed Zork
(female).

a. Possible genotypes for Blue feathers: ________ Red feathers: _______

b. Possible genotypes for Long toes: _________ Short toes: _________

c. Male genotype: _____________ Male possible gametes: _______________

d. Female genotype: ___________ Female possible gametes: ______________

e.

f. Genotypic Ratio:

g. Phenotypic Ratio:

h. What percentage of the offspring will exhibit both dominant traits? _______
i. What percentage of the offspring will have a blue tail and short toes? ______
j. What are the chances of having a blue-feathered Zork with long toes? __ in __
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3. The chestnut coat color of horses is due to a recessive gene, while the dominant
allele results in black. The pacing gait is due to a recessive gene, whereas the
dominant allele results in the trotting gait. Show the types of offspring that could
result from a cross of a black trotter (male), heterozygous for both genes, with a
chestnut pacer (female).

a. Possible genotypes for Black coat: ________ Chestnut coat: _______

b. Possible genotypes for Trotting gait: _________ Pacing gait: _________

c. Male genotype: _____________ Male possible gametes: _______________

d. Female genotype: ___________ Female possible gametes: ______________

e.

f. Genotypic Ratio:

g. Phenotypic Ratio:

h. What percentage of the offspring will exhibit both dominant traits? _______
i. What percentage of the offspring will be chestnut trotters? ______
j. What are the chances of having a chestnut horse that paces? __ in __
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4. In dogs, the tendency to bark while trailing is due to a dominant gene while
silent trailing is recessive. Erect ears is dominant over drooping ears. Show the
offspring expected from a cross between two erect-eared barkers who are
heterozygous for both genes.

a. Possible genotypes for Barking while trailing: ________ Silent: _______

b. Possible genotypes for Erect ears: _________ Drooping ears: _________

c. Male genotype: _____________ Male possible gametes: _______________

d. Female genotype: ___________ Female possible gametes: ______________

e.

f. Genotypic Ratio:

g. Phenotypic Ratio:

h. What percentage of the offspring will exhibit both dominant traits? _______
i. What percentage of the offspring will bark and have droopy ears? ______
j. What are the chances of having a silent dog with erect ears? __ in __
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5. In shorthorn cattle, the pulled condition is dominant over horned. Also, the
heterozygous condition (Rr) of red coat (R) and white coat (r) is roan, an example
of codominance. (The roan coat contains both red and white fur because neither
allele is dominant over the other). If a homozygous polled, white male is bred to a
horned, red female, what will be the appearance of the F1 generation?

a. Possible genotypes for Pulled condition: ________ Horned: _______

b. Possible genotypes for Red coat: _____ White Coat: _____ Roan Coat: _____

c. Male genotype: _____________ Male possible gametes: _______________

d. Female genotype: ___________ Female possible gametes: ______________

e.

f. Genotypic Ratio:

g. Phenotypic Ratio:

h. What percentage of the offspring will exhibit both dominant traits? _______
i. What percentage of the offspring will be roan? ______
j. What are the chances of having a horned, white cow? __ in __
k. If you bred two of the F1 generation, what percentage of the new offspring (F2
generation) will exhibit both dominant traits? _______
l. If you bred two of the F1 generation, what percentage of the new offspring (F2
generation) will be horned and have a roan coat? _______