Multiple Alleles and Polygenic Traits

If the offspring of a cross have the blood groups O and A the genotypes of parents would be

• I^AI^A and I^Ai

• I^A i and ii

• I^AI^A and I^AI^A

• I^A i and I^Bi

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What are the blood types of the possible children that a woman (type O) and man (type AB) can have?

• O and AB

• O and A

• O and B

• A and B

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

There are multiple alleles for the ABO blood group. Why are only two of these alleles present in any one individual?

• Each parent contributes only one allele for the ABO blood group to the offspring.

• There are not enough nucleotides in a red blood cell to produce a third allele.

• Each allele in the ABO group must be dominant or recessive

• Blood group alleles are not segregated during meiosis.

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Mike has type O blood. Mike can receive blood from someone who has Type A or Type B.

• True

• False

A person with type AB blood has which genotype?

• type A

• AA

• I^AI^A

• I^AI^B

Which term(s) best describes the inheritance of human blood types?

• incomplete dominance and multiple alleles

• codominance and epistasis

• codominance and multiple alleles

• incomplete dominance and codominance

A man with type O blood is accused of being the father of a type B baby. The mother is type A. Could this man be the father?

• Yes

• No

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

What blood type would an individual have if this was one of the cells seen under a microscope?

• Type A

• Type B

• Type AB

• Type O

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

The pattern of inheritance in which there are three or more possible alleles for a trait is

• Incomplete dominance

• Codominance

• Polygenic Inheritance

• Multiple Alleles

Four alleles determine if a rabbit is white, brown, or gray. This is an example of _____________ ___________.

• polygenic traits

• multiple alleles

• codominance