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HARRY POTTER’S WORLD Science-Genetics Student Name Date Class Period Hair Colors Instructions: Solve the two questions below and use a Punnett square to demonstrate how you arrived at your answers. Question 1: Harry has dark hair like his father, but his mom had red hair. Using the genotypes of rr (red hair), Rr (dark/brown hair), RR (dark/brown hair), what possible genotypes does each of the Potters have? Question 2: Harry marries Ginny who has red hair. What are possible genotypes of their children’s hair colors? http://www.nlm.nih.gov/harrypottersworld 1

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Page 1: Hair Colors - Mrs. Jonasjonas8science.weebly.com/uploads/1/0/9/5/109592547/... · HARRY POTTER’S WORLD Science-Genetics Student Name. Date Class Period. Hair Colors. Instructions:

HARRY POTTER’S WORLD Science-Genetics

Student NameDateClass Period

Hair Colors

Instructions: Solve the two questions below and use a Punnett square to demonstrate how you arrived at your answers.

Question 1: Harry has dark hair like his father, but his mom had red hair. Using the genotypes of rr (red hair), Rr (dark/brown hair), RR (dark/brown hair), what possible genotypes does each of the Potters have?

Question 2: Harry marries Ginny who has red hair. What are possible genotypes of their children’s hair colors?

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/harrypottersworld 1