STEP-BY-STEP: HOW TO SET UP A PUNNETT SQUARE

Example

Step 1: Write out the cross T = tall, t = short Tt x Tt

Step 2: Draw 2 by 2 Punnett square

Step 3: Write the alleles for parent 1 on

the left side of the Punnett square.

Step 4: Write the alleles from parent 2

above the Punnett square.

Step 5: Fill in the squares for parent 1.

Step 6: Fill in the squares for parent 2.

 HOW TO INTERPRET YOUR RESULTS

We now have the information for predicting the outcome of the cross. The genotypes in the four boxes
of the Punnett square are each equally likely to occur among the offspring of this cross. We can now
figure out the results.

Genotypes that resulted from sample cross (Tt X Tt)

25 % 50 % 25 %
homozygous
heterozygous homozygous
dominant recessive

Phenotypes that resulted from this sample cross (Tt X Tt)

75 % tall and 25 % short