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When a red flower and a white flower make a pink flower, what is this 
called? Show this using a Punnett Square.  
a. Incomplete dominance 
2. When a red flower and a white flower make a red and white speckled 
flower, what is this called? Show this using a Punnett Square. 
a. Codominance 
3. What are the possible fur colors of the offspring if you cross a dark 
grey rabbit (Cc​ch​) and a Himalayan rabbit (c​h​c)? Use a Punnett Square 
and identify the type of inheritance. 
a. Multiple Alleles 

 
4. Skin, hair, and eye color are all produced by the presence of two or 
more genes. That is why there is a wide range of colors for each. 
Identify the type of inheritance and create an example of this 
inheritance. 
a. Polygenic Inheritance 
5. A daughter has parents with dark skin. Therefore, she also has dark 
skin. However, as she got older she noticed that her skin started to 
lighten in certain spots on her body. In a few years, her skin 
(throughout the her entire body) was a lot lighter. What is her skin 
condition called? What is it a result of? 
a. Albinism. Epistasis.  
6. How is polygenic inheritance an exception to Mendel's rules? 
a. Omit. Pick a different card. 
7. On planet X, 50% of the population has malaria. However, those who 
carry the gene for sickle cell anemia have a greater chance of resisting 
the disease. Analyze this family tree. Mom and Dad have a genotype of 
Aa and both are carriers for sickle cell. They have four children; Suzy, 
Jonathan, Nathan, and Carol. Suzy has a genotype of AA, Jonathan and 
Nathan have a genotype of Aa, and Carol has a genotype of aa. Carol is 
the only child with sickle cell while her brothers are carriers. Draw a 
Punnett Square reflecting these results (with genotype percentages). 
Identify those who have a greater chance of resisting malaria. And 
draw a pedigree showing these results (make sure everything is labeled 
correctly). 
 a.  
Mom, Dad, Jonathan, and Nathan 

 
8. On planet Y, a family wants to know about their family history with 
cystic fibrosis. Mom, a carrier for cystic fibrosis, has a genotype of Ff 
and Dad, living with cystic fibrosis, has a genotype of ff. They have two 
children; Christian and Jane. Christian has a genotype of Ff and Jane 
has a genotype of ff. Jane has cystic fibrosis while her brother is a 
carrier. Draw a Punnett Square reflecting these results (with genotype 
percentages). And draw a pedigree showing these results (make sure 
everything is labeled correctly). 
 a.  
 
9. On planet Z, a family has noticed that Huntington’s disease has become 
prevalent in their family. Analyze this family tree. Mom, living with 
Huntington’s, has a genotype of HH while Dad has a genotype of hh. 
They have one child named Jonah. He has a genotype of Hh and is living 
with Huntington's. Draw a Punnett Square reflecting these results. And 
draw a pedigree showing these results (make sure everything is labeled 
correctly). 

a.  
10. Using the Punnett Square below, determine the genotypic ratios of tall 
aliens (TT, Tt) to short aliens (tt). 
 a. 1 TT : 1 Tt 
11. Oolog and Drulog are a couple from the planet Og. On their planet, all 
Ogians are created externally using the DNA of both parents. They 
want a child with pink hair (yy) but don’t know the probability of that 
occurring to yellow hair (YY, Yy) Using the Punnett squares below, 
determine the phenotypic ratio of pink hair to yellow hair AND the 
probability of pink hair occuring.  

a. 1 Yy : 1 yy; probability = 50% 

12. U7T9 and U8R2 are a couple from the planet Robotica, a planet that 
houses a race of half-alien, half-robot life forms. They are planning on 
having a child together whose organic half has purple eyes. Given that 
both parents have blue eyes but carry the purple eyed trait, create a 
Punnett square. Then determine the genotypic ratio of purple eyes (PP, 
Pp) to blue eyes (pp) AND the probability of purple eyes occurring.  

a. 3 purple : 1 blue; probability = 25% 

13. An allele that expresses a trait more than another allele is known as the 
_________ trait.  
a. Dominant 
14. An allele that expresses a trait less than another allele is known as the 
_________ trait.  
a. Recessive 
15. A person who expresses a dominant phenotype but has a recessive 
allele in their genotype is known as a ________.  
a. Carrier 
16. Molog, Mulog, and Melog, Malog are orphans who are trying to find out 
who their parents are. They are currently undergoing gene testing to 
 try to what their parents could look like based on fur color (FF/Ff - Red 
and ff - green). The gene test uses Punnett squares to determine 
possible genotypes of the parents. Given that the genotypic ratio of the 
siblings is 1 FF : 2 Ff : 1 ff, determine the genotype of the parents.  

a. Parent Genotype: Ff/Ff 

17. Humans have discovered a new flower species on the planet Mars. The 
plant has both red petals (RR, Rr) and orange petals (rr). They want to 
study the heredity of the plant species and need genetic testing to do 
so. Problem is, the samples they received have unknown parents. Given 
that the genotype ratio of the samples is 0 RR : 2 Rr : 2 rr, identify the 
parent genotypes.   

a. Parent Genotype: Rr/rr 

18. The dog-like species, Kyros, are used as pets on the planet Og. They are 
a cross between the species Kyog and Osog. One Ogian owns a pet 
store where he breeds kyrosi specifically with a genotypic ratio of 2 RR 
: 2 Rr, where RR and Rr give the pets round ears. Using this 
information, determine the possible genotypes of the parents that 
breed this litter.  
a. Parent genotype: RR and Rr 
19. The Zwuq race on planet Zwu have several genetic abnormalities that 
can be determined using karyotyping. Below is a list of abnormalities 
and their locations: 
i. Monosomy 1 - Plaq’s Disease (makes a Zwuq have large 
boils all over their face) 
ii. Trisomy 3 - Ortho-itis (makes a Zwuq have boneless limbs) 
iii. XXX - Zwuq females born with an extra x (reduces their 
fertility by 50%) 
iv. XXY - Zwuq male born with an extra x (makes them sterile 
and bald headed 
b. Given the information about Zwuq genetics, determine the illness 
of the patient below:  
  
i. Ortho-itis 
c. Given the information about Zwuq genetics, determine the illness 
of the patient below:  
 

 
i. Zwuq male born with an extra X 
20. A male alien takes his child to the doctors and learns that her blood 
type is AB. He now questions if this is his child because he has type O 
and his wife has type A. Is this child his?  
a. No, he would need to be type B or AB  
21. True or false : A blood has the genotype AA or AO  
a. True 
22.A female with type O blood and a man who is Type AB are expecting a 
child. What are the possible blood types of the offspring?  
a. A or B 
23.True or False: Fathers can pass sex linked traits, such as color 
blindness onto their sons  
a. True 
24.Which chromosome determines sex of an offspring?  
a. Y chromosome from the father 
25.Hemophilia is an X linked condition in which blood doesn't clot well. The 
queen had one allele for hemophilia. Most of her male descendents had 
the disorder but few females, why?  
 a. Only one copy of the x chromosome is found in the cells of males, 
but two copies are found in the cells of females 

 
  
26.What are the possible genotypes for II1?  
a. aa 
27. What are the possible genotypes for II3? And what is the gender?  
a. Aa; female 
28.If Alien Zo3 was II2 and her brother, Lu2, was II3, which of the children 
contain the trait being mapped in the pedigree? What would be their 
genotype if this were true?  
a. Lu2; aa