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a.
To determine: The chances of the child to have blood group A when his mother is type A and father is type AB.
Introduction: The human blood group system is an example of codominance where the alleles for the two antigens A and B are equally dominant. This means that when the two antigens A and B are present the blood group is AB while in the absence of both the antigens the blood group is O.
b.
To determine: The chances of the child to have blood group AB when his mother is type A and father is type AB.
Introduction: The human blood group is an example of codominance where the alleles for the two antigens A and B are equally dominant. This means that when the two antigens A and B are present the blood group is AB while in the absence of both the antigens the blood group is O.
c.
To determine: The chances of the child to have blood group O when his mother is type A and father is type AB
Introduction: The human blood group is an example of codominance where the alleles for the two antigens A and B are equally dominant. This means that when the two antigens A and B are present the blood group is AB while in the absence of both the antigens the blood group is O.
d.
To determine: The chances of the child to have blood group B when his mother is type A and father is type AB.
Introduction: The human blood group is an example of codominance where the alleles for the two antigens A and B are equally dominant. This means that when the two antigens A and B are present the blood group is AB while in the absence of both the antigens the blood group is O.
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