Standard: B-4.

7 Name: _________________
Genetics Worksheet – Types of Inheritance

1. The following is a cross between two organisms, what type of inheritance is it?

R R RR = Red Type of Inheritance _________________

R' R’R = Pink Genotype _________________________

R’R’ = White Phenotype ________________________
R'

2. The following is a cross between two organisms, what type of cross is it?

B B BB = Black Type of Inheritance _________________

W WW = White Genotype _________________________
BW = Speckled Phenotype ________________________
W

3. The following is a Punnett Square for the trait of hemophilia; please use the information to
answer the following questions.

Xh Y
XH
Xh

a. What is the mother’s genotype? ____________________________________

b. What is the father’s phenotype? ____________________________________
c. Is it possible for the daughters to have hemophilia? _____________________
d. Is it possible for the daughters to be a carrier for the trait? ________________
e. Is it possible for the sons to have hemophilia? _________________________
f. Is it possible for the sons to be a carrier? _____________________________
g. What is the chance (percentage) of having a child with hemophilia? ________
h. What type of inheritance is this? ____________________________________

4. The following is a pedigree, what type of inheritance is this? ____________________

I.

II.

III.
Standard: B-4.7 Name: _________________
Answer the following questions based on the pedigrees

I.

II

III

IV

5. Which individuals have lactose intolerance? ___________________________________

6. Which individual(s) in generation II could be carriers? ___________________________
7. Which individual(s) in generation III could be carriers? ___________________________
8. Is this a dominant or recessive trait? _________________________________________
9. Is this autosomal or sex-linked inheritance? ____________________________________

II

III

10. Is this trait dominant or recessive? __________________________________________

11. Is this autosomal or sex-linked inheritance? ____________________________________
12. What individuals in generation II are affected? __________________________________
13. What is the chance that individual III, 1 will have a son? __________________________
14. What is the chance that individual III, 2 will have a daughter? ______________________
15. Is individual II, 6 a carrier? __________________________________________________