Punnett squares
Feb 07, 2016
Punnett squares
The tool which The tool which uses the uses the
combination of combination of alleles to predict alleles to predict the probability of the probability of traits showing up traits showing up
in offspring.in offspring.
Green eyes are dominant and yellow eyes are recessive. The genotype of two insects are Gg and
Gg.Complete a Punnett
square!
G
Gg
GgGG
g
G
g
??
?? = gg
What % of the young would have green
eyes?
Yellow eyes?75%
25%
If B=black and b=brown and two wolves are
heterozygous Bb and homozygous bb what would
their young be?
Complete a Punnett square!
B
Bb
bbBb
b
b
b
bb
What % of young would be black and what % would be
brown? Black = 50 %Brown = 50 %
B=Brown eyes which are dominant, b=blue
eyes which are recessive
What are the alleles of the parents for the
following chart?
B
Bb
BbBB
b
B
b
bb
The parents would be Bb and Bb and both would have
brown eyes!
Curly hair is dominant, and a
couple have curly hair. How many of
their babies will have curly hair?
A. All of the babies B. Probably most of the babiesC. None of the babies
Answer - B
What percent of your genes come from
each parent?
50%
What % of genes come from each
grandparent?
25%
If green snake skin is dominant and
yellow is recessive, what are the alleles of the
parent snakes for the following:
G
Gg
GgGg
g
g
G
Gg
Homozygous (GG) green
Homozygous (gg) yellow
How many different Punnett squares can
you think of?
If big ears are dominant and both
parents are homozygous
dominant, what percent of babies will
have big ears?
E
EE
EEEE
E
E
E
EE
100%
Three fingers is dominant and five
fingers recessive. If mom is homozygous dominant and dad is heterozygous, what percent of young will have three fingers?
F
Ff
FFFF
f
F
F
Ff
100%
Big noses are dominant and little noses are recessive. If Dad is
homozygous dominant and mom is
homozygous recessive, what percent of
children will have big honkers?
N
Nn
NnNn
n
n
N
Nn
100%
Short is dominant and tall is recessive. If dad
is heterozygous dominant and mom is
homozygous recessive, what percent of the children will be short
and tall?
S
Ss’
s’s’
Ss’
s’
s’
s’
s’s’
50% short
50% tall
Long neck is dominant and short neck is
recessive. If dad is heterozygous dominant
and mom is heterozygous
dominant, what percent of the children will have
long necks and short necks?
N
Nn
NnNN
n
N
n
nn
75% Long
25% Short
Short tongues are dominant and long are recessive. If mom is
homozygous recessive and dad is homozygous recessive, what percent of the children will have
long tongues?
t
tt
tttt
t
t
t
tt
100%
CROSSING TWO TRAITS
• CROSS A HOMOZYGOUS TALL , HETEROZYGOUS GREEN PEA PLANT WITH A HOMOZYGOUS SHORT, HOMOZYGOUS YELLOW PLANT.
• TTGg X ttgg
TTGg x ttgg1
2
34
56
78
1
TG 2
Tg 3
TG
4
Tg
5
tg
6
tg
7
tg
8
tg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg Ttgg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg Ttgg
TtGgTtggTtGg
Ttgg
Ttgg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg
1
TG 2
Tg 3
TG 4
Tg 5
tg
6
tg
7
tg
8
tg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg Ttgg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg Ttgg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg Ttgg
TtGg Ttgg TtGg Ttgg
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
X
TtGg = 8/16Heterozygous TallHeterozygous Green
Ttgg = 8/16Heterozygous Tall
Homozygous Yellow
Genotypes and percentages Phenotypes and percentages
Thank you