A man with blood group A married a woman with blood group B. they have a son with AB blood group and a daughter with blood group O. Work out the cross and show the possibility of such inheritance.

Since the said parents have a daughter with O blood group, we can assume that both parents are heterozygous.

Hence,

 Man with type A blood group has the genotype: AO

 Woman with B blood group has the genotype: BO.

The blood types of their children:

1/4 will be AB-  AB Blood group.

1/4 will be AO - A Blood group.

1/4 will be BO -  B Blood group.

1/4 will be OO-  O Blood group

 

Parents:           Heterozygous A Blood Father            X          Heterozygous B Blood Mother         

 

Alleles                                          Ii                    X                         Ii

 

F1  progeny               Ii                                      IIB                     Ii               ii    

 

Father/Mother

A

O

B

AB - SON

BO

O

AO

OO - DAUGHTER

 

 

 

 

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