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Determine the genotypes of the parents if the father is blood type A, the mother is blood type B, the daughter is blood type O, one son is blood type AB, and the other son is blood type B.
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VerifiedTo determine the genotypes of the parents with a blood O-type daughter and a blood AB-type son, we must first list the given information that is necessary to solve this problem.
Given are the blood types of the people involved:
- Father: blood type A
- Mother: blood type B
- Daughter: blood type O
- Son: blood type AB
Recall the notations in multiple alleles for the blood groups in humans.
Since the father's blood type is A, his genotype can either be or . Also, since the mother's genotype blood type is B, her genotype can either be or .
Now the children with blood types of B, O and AB will have genotypes that are , , and . Since the parents have a blood type O child, the genotype of the parent must contain the recessive allele that are or
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