SpongeBob Genetics

Master genetics with SpongeBob! Fun Punnett square practice for heredity, genotype, and phenotype.

1.For each genotype below, indicate whether it is a heterozygous (He) OR homozygous (Ho). TT Ho Bb He DD Ho Ff He tt Ho dd HoDd He ff Ho Tt He bb Ho BB Ho FF Ho 2. Determine the phenotype for each genotype using the information provided about SpongeBob. Yellow body color is dominant to blue. YY Yellow Yy Yellow yy BlueSquare shape is dominant to round. SS Square Ss Square ss Round 3. For each phenotype, give the genotypes that are possible for Patrick. A tall head (T) is dominant to short (t). Tall = TT Tt Short = ttPink body color (P) is dominant to yellow (p). Pink body = PP Pp Yellow body = pp 4. SpongeBob SquarePants recently met SpongeSusie Roundpants at a dance. SpongeBob is heterozygous for his square shape, but SpongeSusie is round.Create a Punnett square to show the possibilities that would result if SpongeBob and SpongeSusie had children.Put SpongeSusie across the top. Trait: PantshapeS = squares = round s s S Ss s ss Ss ss A.List the possible genotypes and phenotypes for their children. Ss Square ss RoundB. What are the chances of a child with a square shape? 2 out of 4 or 50%C. What are the chances of a child with a round shape? 2 out of 4 or 50 % 5. Patrick met Patti at the dance. Both of them are heterozygous for their pink body color, which is dominant over a yellow body color.Create a Punnett square to show the possibilities that would result if Patrick and Patti had children. Trait: Body colorP = pinkp = yellow P p P p PP Pp Pp pp A.List the possible genotypes and phenotypes for their children. PP Pink Pp Pink pp YellowB. What are the chances of a child with a pink body? 3 out of 4 or 75 %C. What are the chances of a child with a yellow body? 1 out of 4 or 25 % 6. Everyone in Squidward’s family has light blue skin, which is the dominant trait for body color in his hometown of Squid Valley. His family brags that they are a “purebred” line. He recently married a nice girl who has light green skin, which is a recessive trait.Create a Punnett square to show the possibilities that would result if Squidward and his new bride had children.Use B to represent the dominant gene and b to represent the recessive gene. Put the bride (green) across the top! b b B B Bb Bb Bb Bb A.List the possible genotypes and phenotypes for their children. Bb BlueB. What are the chances of a child with light blue skin? 100 %C. What are the chances of a child with light green skin? 0 %D. Would Squidward’s children still be considered purebreds? No 7. Assume that one of Squidward’s sons, who is heterozygous for the light blue body color, married a girl that was also heterozygous.Create a Punnett square to show the possibilities that would result if they had children. B b B b BB Bb Bb bb A.List the possible genotypes and phenotypes for their children. BB Blue Bb Blue bb GreenB. What are the chances of a child with light blue skin? 75%C. What are the chances of a child with light green skin? 25% 8. Mr. Krabbs and his wife recently had a Lil’ Krabby, but it has not been a happy occasion for them. Mrs. Krabbs has been upset since she first saw her new baby who had short eyeballs. She claims that the hospital goofed and mixed up her baby with someone else’s baby. Mr. Krabbs is homozygous for his tall eyeballs, while his wife is heterozygous for her tall eyeballs. Some members of her family have short eyes, which is the recessive trait.Create a Punnett square using T for the dominant gene and t for the recessive one. T t T T TT Tt TT Tt A.List the possible genotypes and phenotypes for their children. TT Tall Tt TallB. Did the hospital make a mistake? Yes