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4.25 Probabilities from monohybrid crosses

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  1. 01CalculateCalculation2 marks

    4.25 Probabilities from monohybrid crosses

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    Two heterozygous parents (Tt × Tt) have a child. Calculate the probability, as a percentage, that the child is homozygous recessive.

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  2. 02CalculateShort answer2 marks

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    A parent Gg and a parent gg have a child. Calculate the probability that the child shows the recessive phenotype.

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  3. 03WhichMultiple choice1 mark

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    What is the chance that a child of Aa × Aa is a carrier?

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  4. 04ExplainShort answer2 marks

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    Explain why every child of two carrier parents has the same chance of inheriting a condition.

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  5. 05CalculateCalculation2 marks

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    Two Tt plants produce 480 seeds. Calculate how many seeds would be expected to grow into short (tt) plants.

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  6. 06CalculateCalculation2 marks

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    A cross is expected to give a 1 : 1 ratio. 56 offspring are produced. Calculate the expected number of each phenotype.

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  7. 07CalculateShort answer2 marks

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    Calculate the probability that two carrier parents have a child who is not affected.

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  8. 08ExplainShort answer2 marks

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    Explain why the ratio 3 : 1 is a probability, not a certainty.

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  9. 09CalculateCalculation2 marks

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    Out of 200 offspring of Bb × Bb, 140 have the dominant phenotype. Calculate the percentage difference between the observed and expected number of dominant offspring.

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    %

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  10. 10CalculateShort answer2 marks

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    Calculate the probability that a couple Hh × hh has two children who are both hh.

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  11. 11ExplainShort answer2 marks

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    Explain why a carrier mother and an unaffected non-carrier father cannot have an affected child for a recessive condition.

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  12. 12WhichMultiple choice1 mark

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    What fraction of offspring from AA × aa are heterozygous?

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  13. 13SuggestShort answer2 marks

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    Suggest why scientists use large numbers of offspring in breeding experiments.

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