Name: ________________________ Date:_______________

Harry Potter and the Inheritance Review:

1. Practice Problem: Cross a heterozygous brown eyed Harry with a hybrid brown eyed
Ginny. What are the possible genotypes of the offspring? Please write as a fraction or
percent.

2. Harry and Ginny Potter have three children: James, Albus, and Lily. Harry has brown hair
and Ginny has red hair. What are the possible genotypes of their childrens hair color?
Will any of the children have red hair? If yes, circle the genotype.
3. Hermione and Ron are thinking of having children. Hermione is a muggle, meaning she
is half wizard. Ron is a pureblood wizard. Hermiones blood type is O and Rons is B.
What are their chances of having a child who is a muggle? Please list phenotypes and
genotypes of all offspring.

4. Ron and Hermione are looking to buy an owl for their daughters first year at Hogwarts.
They are thinking about buying one of Hagrids unborn owls. The father owl is
heterozygous black and the mother owl is purebred white. What are the chances of
Ron and Hermiones owl being black, white, or gray? Please list phenotypes and
genotypes.
5. In a certain species of the Weeping Willow tree, short needles are neither dominant nor
recessive to long needles. What are the phenotypes and genotypes of the offspring if you
matched these two plants? Please write as a percent or fraction.

6. The ability to roll the tongue is determined by a dominant gene while the recessive gene
results in the inability to roll the tongue. Harry and Ginny can both roll their tongues
but their son cannot. How would you explain to Harry and Ginny that this is possible?
7. In humans, wavy hair results by the co-dominant situation of curly hair and straight
hair. What are the possible hair types if curly-haired Hermione and wavy-haired Ron
have children?

8. Class problem: Ron is blood Type B. His sister and brother, Ginny and George, have
blood types A & O. What are the genotypes of the Weasley parents with respect to this
trait?