Punnett Squares Spring 2018
Punnett Squares Reginald Punnett came up with Punnett squares Father’s genotype Reginald Punnett came up with Punnett squares They predict the proportions of possible genotypes in offspring. This shows a Punnett square for a SINGLE trait- monohybrid cross. Mother’s genotype
Monohybrid Cross: Heterozygous Plants Crossing two pea plants that are heterozygous for seed color (Yy) will produce offspring in the following ratio: ¼ = YY (Homozygous dominant) 2/4 = (Heterozygous) ¼ = (Homozygous recessive)
Monohybrid Cross: Homozygous Plants A cross between a green homozygous plant (YY) with a homozygous recessive yellow plant (yy) only produces heterozygous (Yy) offspring. 4/4 = Yy (Heterozygous)
Dihybrid Cross A Punnett square can also be created for dihybrid crosses. It would be FOUR boxes wide and FOUR boxes tall!