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Ch. 14 - Mendel and the Gene Idea
Campbell - Campbell Biology 12th Edition
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Capitolo 14, Problema 2

A man with type A blood marries a woman with type B blood. Their child has type O blood. What are the genotypes of these three individuals? What genotypes, and in what frequencies, would you expect in future offspring from this marriage?

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Step 1: Identify the blood types and their corresponding genotypes. Type A blood can be AA or AO, type B blood can be BB or BO, and type O blood is always OO.
Step 2: Determine the parents' genotypes based on the child's blood type. Since the child has type O blood (OO), each parent must have contributed an O allele. Therefore, the man's genotype must be AO and the woman's genotype must be BO.
Step 3: Use a Punnett square to predict the genotypes of future offspring. The Punnett square for this cross would look like this: | | A | O | |---|---|---| | B | AB | BO | | O | AO | OO |
Step 4: Determine the frequencies of the genotypes. According to the Punnett square, there is a 25% chance for each genotype (AB, BO, AO, OO) in future offspring.
Step 5: Translate the genotypes into blood types. The possible blood types for future offspring are A (AO), B (BO), AB (AB), and O (OO), each with a 25% chance.

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Blood Type Genetics

Blood types are determined by the ABO gene, which has three alleles: A, B, and O. A and B are co-dominant, meaning that if both are present, both traits are expressed, while O is recessive. Therefore, individuals with type A blood can have genotypes AA or AO, and those with type B can have BB or BO. Type O blood results from the genotype OO.
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Punnett Square

A Punnett square is a tool used in genetics to predict the genotypes of offspring from parental genotypes. By arranging the alleles of each parent along the axes of a grid, one can visualize the possible combinations of alleles in the offspring. This method helps in determining the probabilities of each genotype occurring in future generations.
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