Worksheet: Punnett Square Monhybrid and Dihybrid Name ______________________Date ___________

Directions: Answer the following questions using your notes and textbook

1. In pea plants, Tall plants (T) are dominant over short (t) plants. Complete the following crosses and give the genotypic
and phenotypic ratios of offspring.

a. A heterozygous plant is crossed with a homozygous Tall plant.

b. A cross between two pea plants produces offspring in which approximately 50% of the flowers are short and 50% are
tall. What are the genotypes of the parents? Show a Punnett square to support your answer.

c. A cross between two tall pea plants yields approximately 25% of the offspring exhibiting short plant features. What
are the genotypes of the parents? Show a Punnett square to support your answer.

3. A widow’s peak in humans is determined by a dominant/recessive inheritance. A person who is purebred for widow’s
peak is crossed with a person who is purebred for no widow’s peak. All of the offspring have a widow’s peak. Which trait
is dominant and which is recessive? Show a Punnett square to support your answer.

4. In guinea pigs, black fur is dominant. If a black guinea pig is crossed with a white guinea pig and the litter contains a
white offspring, the genotype of the black-haired parent is probably? Show a punnett square to support your answer.
5. Dihybrid Problem: Set up a Punnett square using the following information:
Trait 1 Corn Kernel Color: Dominate allele for purple corn kernels = R
Recessive allele for yellow corn kernels = r
Trait 2 Corn Kernel texture: Dominate allele for starchy kernels = T
Recessive allele for sweet kernals = t

Cross a homozygous dominate purple homozygous sweet kernel with a heterozygous purple homozygous starchy kernel.
a. What is the probability of producing purple, starchy corn kernels? What is the possible genotype(s)?

b. What is the probability of producing yellow, starchy corn kernels? What is the possible genotype(s)?

c. What is the probability of producing purple, sweet corn kernels? What is the possible genotype(s)?

d. What is the probability of producing yellow, sweet corn kernels? Possible genotype(s)?

6. Suppose a white, straight haired guinea pig mate with a brown, heterozygous curly-haired animal. All five babies in
their first litter have brown fur, but three are curly and two have straight hair. The second litter consists of six more
brown offspring, where two are curly and four are straight haired.

Assuming curly is dominant to straight and brown is dominant to white

A. What are the genotypes of the parents and the offspring?

B. What is the probability of getting guinea pigs that are brown with
curly hair?