An individual with blood type A marries an individual with blood type B.A. What blood types could their offspring exhibit?B. Provide the possible genotypes of parents and offspring produced.C. What pattern of inheritance is this?
What will be an ideal response?
A. The offspring could have Blood Types A, B, AB or O.
B. Possible genotypes of parents and their offspring are:
IAIA × IBIB = Type AB
IAi × IBi = Type AB, Type A, Type B, and Type O
IAIA × IBi = Type AB and Type A
IAi × IBIB = Type AB and Type B
C. This is an example of multiple allelic traits and codominance.
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