Monohybrid Cross Problem Set
Problem 13: Predicting human blood types
What are the possible blood types of the offspring of a
cross between individuals that are type AB and type O?
(Hint: blood type O is recessive)
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Tutorial
In this problem (in contrast to problem 11), there is no uncertainty
about the genotype of either parent. A parent of blood type AB has
the codominant IA and IB alleles. A parent of blood type O is homozygous recessive for the i allele.
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The Punnett square for their
offspring is shown to the right. The genotypes of their offspring could be either IAi or IBi. Their children could be in blood groups A or B, but not AB or O.
For more information on blood types inheritance go to our Blood Types Tutorial within the Human Biology Section of The Biology Project.
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