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Inheritance – exercises
Glossary

Term Definition
Acquired
characteristics

Phenotype

Genotype

Allele

Dominant

Recessive

Homozygous

Heterozygous

Incomplete
dominance

Co-
dominance

Carrier
 Monohybrid crossings

1. In cats, black fur (F) is dominant over grey fur (f). A homozygous black cat is
crossed with a grey cat.
What are the possible phenotypes in F1? What are the possible phenotypes in F2?
Show your working.

2. Anna’s brother has brown eyes, and his wife has blue eyes. They have two
beautiful boys with blue eyes. Brown eyes (B) are dominant over blue eyes (b).
a) Draw the pedigree tree. Add the phenotypes as well as the genotypes.
b) Explain how this is possible. Did Anna’s sister-in-law cheat on her husband?
 Flowers of Mirabilis jalapa can be red, white or pink. The corresponding genotypes
are:
Red: CRCR
White: CWCW
Pink: CRCW
A red flower is pollinated by a white flower’s seed. What are the possible phenotypes
and genotypes of F1 and F2?
You are a starting florist. You have only pink flowers. However, you noticed that
white flowers are best sold. What will you do?
A woman is suffering from pancreatic fibrosis, which is inherited as a
recessive condition. In the last three generations of her husband's family,
this disease has not appeared. Can this information guarantee that they will not
have sick children in their marriage? Explain the answer.
In humans, dark eye color is dominant over blue. Explain whether parents
with dark eyes can have a child with blue eyes and whether parents with
blue eyes can have a child with dark eyes.
Co-dominance

Look at the pedigree chart and the table below. Fill in the missing genotypes.

Individual Phenotype Genotype

I1 A
I2 O
I3 AB
I4 B
II 1 B
II 2 A
II 3 A
II 4 B
II 5 B
III 1 B
III 2 A
III 3 O
III 4 A
III 5 AB
III 6 O
IV 1 A
IV 2 O
IV 3 A
IV 4 A
IV 5 B