AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If dad has Type O blood, and mom is type AB, what is the chance their child will have type O blood?
A
0%
B
25%
C
50%
D
75%
E
100%
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In most cases, an O parent and an AB parent will have only A or B kids. I added a table at the end of this answer that has all blood type combinations for two parents plus the possible blood types for their children. Exceptions to these rules are extremely rare.

Detailed explanation-2: -If the father’s blood group is O, he has the genotype IOIO or (ii) . The mother has blood type AB, which means that her genotype would be IAIB. The possible combinations of these two groups would result in children having genotypes IAIO or IBIO, which would give them blood groups A or B respectively.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: A man with type O blood would not be able to produce a child with type AB blood regardless of the mothers blood type. This is because type O blood is recessive and these individuals have two O alleles so the only allele they would be able to pass to a child would be “O".

Detailed explanation-4: -If a father’s blood group is o+ and mothers’s is AB+, what would their children be? The genotype of the father or possible genes he could pass on would be O O; the mother, A B. The genotype of the children would be AO & BO.

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