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FA14 BSC2011L
Week 5 Genetics 1
Genetics pre-test
1. What is the law of segregation? Draw an example.

2. What is the law of independent assortment? Draw an example.

3. What is the difference between an autosomal chromosome and a

sex chromosome?

4. What is the difference between a gene and an allele?

The allele for white hair in mice is autosomal recessive, while

the allele for black hair is autosomal dominant. A white female
mouse mates with a black male mouse.
1. What are the possible genotypes for the white female mouse?

2. What are the possible genotypes for the black male mouse?

3. Set up the possible Punnett Squares and write out the genotypic
and phenotypic frequencies for the offspring of each cross.

The allele for color blindness is sex-linked recessive. A female

carrier mates with an unaffected male.
1. What are the possible genotypes for the carrier female?

2. Would you consider the female a homozygote or heterozygote?

Why?

3. What are the possible genotypes for the male?

4. Set up the possible Punnett Squares and write out the genotypic
and phenotypic frequencies for the offspring of each cross.