Worksheet: Non-Mendelian Traits

1. Explain the difference between incomplete dominance and codominance.

2. In snapdragons, flower color (C) is controlled by incomplete dominance. The two

alleles are red (R) and white (W). The heterozygous genotype is expressed as pink.

a) What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype C RCW? ___________ __

b) What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype C WCW? ___________ __

c) What is the phenotype of a plant with the genotype C RCR? ___________ __

3. A pink snapdragon is crossed with a white snapdragon. What is the probability of the F 1 offspring
being a pink?

Parents: ___________ X _______________

____________%

4. In Andalusian fowls, black individuals (C B) and white individuals (CW) are homozygous.
Heterozygous fowls are bluish-gray.
If a black fowl is crossed with a bluish-gray fowl, identify the possible
genotypes and phenotypes of the offspring. Include ratios and %

Parents: __________ X __________

5. In some chickens, the gene for feather color (C) is controlled by codominance. The allele for
black is B and the allele for white is W. The heterozygous phenotype is known as erminette
(black and white spotted).

a) What is the genotype for black chickens? _____________

b) What is the genotype for white chickens? _____________

c) What is the genotype for erminette chickens? _____________

6. If two erminette chickens were crossed, what is the probability that they would have a:

Parents: _______ X _________

black chick? ________% white chick? ________%

7. A black chicken and a white chicken are crossed. What is the probability that they will have
erminette chicks?

Parents: _______ X _________

________%

8. In shorthorn cattle, when a red bull (C RCR) is crossed with a white cow (CWCW),
all the offspring are roan – a spotted, red and white or milky red color.
What are the possible offspring from mating a roan bull and a roan cow?

Parents: _______ X _________

Human blood types are determined by genes that follow the codominance pattern of inheritance.
There are two dominant alleles (IA and IB) and one recessive allele (i).

9. Write the genotype for each person based on the description:

a) Homozygous for the “B” allele ______

b) Heterozygous for the “A” allele ______
c) Type O ______
d) Type “A” and had a type “O” parent ______
e) Type “AB” ______
f) Blood can be donated to anybody ______
g) Can only get blood from a type “O” donor ______

10. Pretend that dad is homozygous for the type B allele, and mom is type “O.” What are all the
possible blood types of their baby?

Parents: _______ X _________

11. What are all the possible blood types for the offspring produced by a type “O” mother and a type
“AB” father?

Parents: _______ X _________

12. Hemophilia is a recessive sex-linked disease carried on the X chromosome in humans.

 Write the genotype of a woman who: does not have hemophilia ___________

is a hemophiliac ___________

does not have hemophilia but is a carrier of the gene

___________

Write the genotype of a man who: does not have hemophilia ___________

is a hemophiliac ___________

13. A woman who is heterozygous for hemophilia marries a normal male. What is the probability of
a child not having hemophilia? What is the gender of the child?

Parents: _______ X _________

_______%; gender _____________

14. A woman who is a carrier for hemophilia marries a man with hemophilia. Could any of their
children have hemophilia? If so, what is the probability and would the child be male or female?

Parents: _______ X _________