Practice with Blood Types and Punnett Squares

In humans blood type is determined by the A, B, and O alleles. The A and B alleles are codominant to each other and dominant over the O allele. An individual with the AO genotype and an individual with the BO genotype can produce offspring with which of the following phenotypes?

• O only

• A or B only

• A, B, or O only

• A, AB, or O

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

What allele combination should go in the missing box?

• AA

• Aa

• aa

• none of these

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

In the punnett square shown, what must the genotype of the missing parent be?

• BB

• Bb

• bb

• Tt

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

Punnett Square: A man is homozygous for the B allele, and a woman is type O. What are ALL the possible blood types of their baby?

• BB

• ii

• AA

• Bi

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If a father is BB and a mother is AB, what type(s) of blood can the children have?

• Type A

• Type B

• Type AB

• Type O

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

If a child has blood type AB, which of the following cannot be the combination of the parents' blood types?

• AB and O

• AB and AB

• AB and A

• AB and B

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NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Punnett Square: Type AB father and type O mother. What are the percentages of each offspring?

• Type A: 50%, Type B 0%, Type AB 50%, Type 0 0%

• Type A: 50%, Type B 50%, Type AB 0%, Type 0 0%

• Type A: 25%, Type B 25%, Type AB 25%, Type 0 25%

• Type A: 0%, Type B 0%, Type AB 50%, Type 0 50%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

Which of the following is true about the antigens on blood type O?

• It contains antigen A only.

• It contains antigen B only.

• It contains both antigen A and antigen B.

• It doesn’t contain antigen A or antigen B.

What is the percentage of the offspring of a mother with type AB blood and a father with type 0 blood that will have type O blood?

• 0%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-3

Which of the following codes for blood type O?

• AA

• Bi

• AB

• ii

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NGSS.HS-LS3-1

NGSS.HS-LS3-2