Human Heredity: Principles and Issues
Human Heredity: Principles and Issues
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ISBN: 9781305683952
Author: Michael Cummings
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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a.

Summary Introduction

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.

Summary Introduction

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.

Summary Introduction

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.

Summary Introduction

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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