Blood Type Problems

3B3 How To -
Identify Blood Type Genotypes

Multiple Alleles and Blood Types

• Multiple Alleles - when more than two alleles are available for a trait in a population

• Ex. 3 Alleles available in human Blood Types

  • I^A - Type A

  • I^B - Type B

  • i - Type O

• I^A and I^B are codominant over i​

• Results in 4 Phenotypes

  • Type A

  • Type B

  • Type AB

  • Type O

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In human blood, there are ​

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alleles and ​

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blood types.

Multiple Choice

Which allele represents Type O?

Multiple Alleles and Blood Types

Multiple Alleles and Blood Types

​Type O is the universal donor because Type O blood cells do not contain antigens.

Multiple Choice

What is the genotype of heterozygous Type A?

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What is the genotype of Type O?

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What is the genotype of homozygous Type A?

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What is the genotype of Type AB?

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A man heterozygous for blood type A​

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marries a woman heterozygous for blood type B​

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. The chance

that their first child will have type O​

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...

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If a mother with type AB blood ​

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and a father heterozygous for type B blood ​

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have a baby, which blood type is it impossible for the baby to have? ​

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Multiple Choice

A father with blood type AB (IAIB) and a mother with a blood type A (IAi) have a child.

What is the chance that a child of these parents will have blood type B?

• 0%

• 25%

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• 75%

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• ​Genotypes for Type A

• Genotypes for Type B

• Genotype for Type AB

• Genotype for Type O