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If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which blood type would you likely be?*1 pointABBAO

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If one of your parents is blood type A and the other is type B, which blood type would you likely be?

  • A
  • B
  • AB
  • O
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Solution

If one of your parents has blood type A and the other has blood type B, you could potentially be any of the following blood types: A, B, AB, or O. This is due to the fact that each parent gives one of their two ABO alleles to their child. The A and B alleles are co-dominant (meaning neither is dominant or recessive over the other), and the O allele is recessive.

Here's a step-by-step breakdown:

  1. If you receive an A allele from one parent and a B allele from the other, your blood type will be AB.

  2. If you receive an A allele from one parent and an O allele from the other, your blood type will be A.

  3. If you receive a B allele from one parent and an O allele from the other, your blood type will be B.

  4. If you receive an O allele from both parents, your blood type will be O.

So, the possible blood types you could have are A, B, AB, or O.

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