AP BIOLOGY

THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM

TRANSFUSION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What type(s) of blood can an individual with type AB+ blood receive?
A
A+
B
A-
C
B+
D
AB+
E
O+
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -AB positive blood type is known as the “universal recipient” because AB positive patients can receive red blood cells from all blood types.

Detailed explanation-2: -Click on a blood type below to learn more. Group O can donate red blood cells to anybody. It’s the universal donor. Group AB can donate to other AB’s but can receive from all others.

Detailed explanation-3: -In most cases, an O parent and an AB parent will have only A or B kids.

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.

Detailed explanation-5: -Can an AB father and an A mother have an O baby? An AB parent can indeed sometimes have an O child. But it is by no means common. In fact it would be fair to say that it is exceedingly rare.

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