Problem No.

1: A red-fruited tomato plant is crossed to a yellow-fruited one

produce 173 offspring, 84 of which were yellow and 89 red. Determine the
genotype of the parents. Red fruit colour ‘R’ is dominant over yellow ‘r’.

Problem No. 2 : In man brown eye colour ‘B’ is dominant over blue eye colour
‘b’. A brown-eyed man marries a brown-eyed woman. Their first child is a blue
eyed one. Determine the genotype of the parents. Give the reason of it.

Problem No. 3: In garden peas tall nature is dominant over dwarf nature. A tall
plant is crossed with dwarf one. Find out the genotype and phenotype of F1
generation. If the F1 plants are allowed to self fertilize, what would be the
appearance of F2 generation?

Proplem No. 4 : If a red flowered four- o’ clock plant(Incomplete dominance) is

crossed with a white flowered one, what will be the flower colour of the F1 : of the
F2 : of the offspring of a cross of F1 with its red parent and with its white parent ?

Problem No. 5: In Drosophila, ebony body colour is produced by a recessive gene

‘e’ and wild type grey body colour is by its dominant allele ‘E’. Vestigial wings
are governed by a recessive gene ‘v’ and normal wings by its dominant allele ‘V’.
If the wild type dihybrid flies are crossed to produce 256 progeny, how many of
these progeny are expected in each phenotypic class? Grey body colour – E Ebony
body colour – e Normal wings – V Vestigial wings –v Cross- Wild type flies X
Wild type flies Genotype of parents EeVv – EeVv ?
Problem No.6: A ragged leaved corn plant with round pollen was crossed to a
ragged leaved corn plant with angular pollen produced offspring in the following
manner - 186 ragged leaved and round pollen, 174 ragged leaved and angular
pollen , 57 smooth leaved and round pollen and 64 smooth leaved and angular
pollen . (Ragged – S, Smooth – s, Round – A, Angular – a) Give the genotypes of
the two parents and what numbers would you have expected for each of the four
types of progenies?

Problem No.7: Suppose two strains of Jimson Weeds are crossed and they
produce a progeny in the following proportions. spiny red 360, spiny purple 724,
spiny white 362, smooth red 121, smooth purple 240, smooth white 120. Explain
the reason for the diverse phenotypes? What would be the genotype and
phenotype of the above parental strain? Represent the cross and progeny by
means of a checkerboard.( incomplete dominance)?

Problem No.8 When two squash plants having the same phenotype of seed shape
and colour were crossed, the offspring appeared in the following proportions.
Find out the genotype of the parents and offspring and also the phenotype of the
parents? 1/16 round yellow, 1/8 disc yellow, 1/8 elongated grey, 1/16 elongated
yellow, 1/8 round grey, 1/8 disc green, ¼ disc grey, 1/16 round green, 1/16
elongated green.?

Problem No.9 The shape and colour of Radishes are controlled by two
independent pairs of alleles that show no dominance. The colour may be red (RR),
purple (Rr), white (rr). And the shape may be long (LL), oval (Ll), round (ll).
Using a checker board (a) diagram a cross between red long and white round (b)
summaries the F2 segregation giving the genotypic ratios.?
Problem No.10: In Man assume that spotted skin ‘S’ is dominant to non spotted‘s’
and woolly hair ‘W’ is dominant over non woolly ‘w’. a) List the genotypes and
phenotypes of the children to be expected from a marriage of spotted (Ssww) man
and a woolly haired (ssWw) woman. b) Also give the genotypic and phenotypic
ratio of children to be expected from a marriage between a man and a woman both
are heterozygous for spotted skin and woolly hair.?

Problem No.11: In man assume that brown eyes B are dominant over blue eyes b
and right handedness R is dominant over left handedness r. A left handed , brown
eyed woman , hailing from a family having brown eyed members for several
generations, is married to a right handed, blue eyed man whose father was brown
eyed and left handed. Can you predict the appearance of children to be expected
from this couple as to the two traits mentioned?

Problem No.12 In poultry rose comb and pea comb patterns are produced
by the dominant effect of two different genes. The recessive nature of both
these alleles produces single comb. But in a cross between rose combed
and pea combed fowls, a new type known as walnut was also produced
along with rose , pea, and single in 9:3:3:1 ratio. Suggest the possible
genotypes of F 1 and F2 offspring and explain the type of gene interaction
involved in this cross.(Epistasis )