Punnett Square Walkthrough Worksheet
Codominance and Incomplete Dominance Answers
1. Snapdragons also flower colour alleles that demonstrate incomplete dominance. ‘RR’
represents a red flower, ‘rr’ presents a white flower and ‘Rr’ represents a pink flower.
Two pink snapdragons are crossed. Complete the Punnett square and answer the
questions below.
R r
Key:
R RR Rr RR- Red flower
rr- White flower
Rr- Pink flower
r Rr rr
a. What are the probabilities of each possible phenotype?
Red Flowers- 25%, pink flower- 50%, white flower- 25%
2. A farmer wants his snapdragons to produce only pink flowers. What two genotypes will
need to be crossed to produce only pink offspring? Complete the Punnett square below.
r r
Key:
R Rr Rr RR- Red flower
rr- White flower
Rr- Pink flower
R Rr Rr
A red flower and a white flower will need to be crossed.
3. Explain the difference between incomplete dominance and codominance.
Incomplete dominance occurs when a dominant allele doesn’t completely
overpower the recessive allele creating a phenotype that is a blend of the traits.
Codominance is when two dominant alleles compete for dominance resulting in
patches of different phenotypes.
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Punnett Square Walkthrough Worksheet Codominance and Incomplete Dominance Answers
4. Two speckled chickens are crossed. Complete a Punnett square and answer the
question below.
CW CF
Key:
CW CW CW CW CF CWCW- White chicken
CFCF- Black chicken
CF CWCF- Speckled chicken
CW CF CF CF
What is the possibility of each phenotype of their offspring?
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50% or 2 speckled, 25% or 4 white, 25% or 4 black
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