Blood type problems: (In all cases show evidence using Punnet squares) Could a m
ID: 176040 • Letter: B
Question
Blood type problems: (In all cases show evidence using Punnet squares) Could a man with type B blood and a woman with type AB produce a child with type O blood? What if the mother is type O and the father is A? What would the offspring's blood type be? If the mother of a child is blood type O and the child is A. what blood type would the father be? A woman is trying to figure out what blood type the father of her son could have. Both the woman and her son arc type A. The woman's brother is type O and her mom is A.Explanation / Answer
Answer:
1). O type blood is not possible
IBi (B) x IAIB (AB)---Parents
IA
IB
IB
IA IB (AB)
IBIB (B)
i
IA I (A)
IB I (B)
2). Only type A & O blood is possible
ii (mother) x (Father) IAi -----Parents
IAi (A) and ii (O)
3).
If the child is heterozygous type A (IAi) and the mother is with type O blood, then the father would be either type A or type B blood.
4).
Woman’s brother is type O and her mom is A means, the woman is heterozygous for A type blood. The child is A type means, the father belongs to type A or B or O or AB.
IA
IB
IB
IA IB (AB)
IBIB (B)
i
IA I (A)
IB I (B)