Q.12. A child has blood group O. If the father has blood group A and mother blood group B, work out the genotypes of the parents and the possible genotypes of the other offsprings.
The blood group characteristic in humans is controlled by three set of alleles,
namely, , , and i. The alleles, and , are equally dominant whereas
allele, i, is recessive to the other alleles. The individuals with genotype, and i, have blood group A whereas the individuals with genotype, and i, have blood group B. The persons with genotype , have blood group AB while those with blood group O have genotype ii.
Hence, if the father has blood group A and the mother has blood group B, then
the possible genotype of the parents will be
Father Mother
A cross between homozygous parents will produce progeny with AB blood group.
A cross between heterozygous parents will produce progenies with AB
blood group () and O blood group (ii).
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