Mendelian and Nonmendelian Inheritance

What is the phenotype of the offspring? (A-Brown hair; a-blond hair)

• 50 % Brown Hair and 50% Blond Hair

• 25 % Brown Hair and 75% Blond Hair

• 75 % Brown Hair and 25% Blond Hair

• 0% Brown Hair and 100% Blond Hair

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What will be the phenotype of the offspring?

• 100 % tan

• 100 % brown 

• 50 % brown and 50% tan 

• 75 % brown and 25 % tan 

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

Two brown-eyed parents (Bb) have a baby. If blue eyes is the recessive trait, what is the chance the baby is blue-eyed?

• 0 %

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

An inheritance pattern in which both alleles for a gene are expressed in the offspring so that both traits show up on its body is known as ---

• Codominance

• Incomplete dominance

What type of inheritance pattern is shown here?

• Codominance

• Incomplete dominance

Punnett Square: Type AB father and type O mother.

What are the percentages of each offspring inheriting a certain phenotype (blood type)?

• Type A: 50%, Type B 0%, Type AB 50%, Type 0 0%

• Type A: 50%, Type B 50%, Type AB 0%, Type 0 0%

• Type A: 25%, Type B 25%, Type AB 25%, Type 0 25%

• Type A: 0%, Type B 0%, Type AB 50%, Type 0 50%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2

T - tall and t = short
In the punnett square below, what belongs in the missing square

• tt

• Tt

• Bb

• TT

B = brown fur  b = white fur
In the punnett square, what is the probability for white fur? 

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

In plants, tall (T) is dominant to short (t). Perform the following cross: Tt x Tt. What is the probability of producing a short plant?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 75%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• none of these

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS3-2