Answers to Blood Type Questions

Q1: Adam and Julie have blood types B+ and Orespectively. Their first child is O-. Write the ABO and
Rhesus genotypes of Adam, Julie and their child. What
is the probability of their next child having the same
blood type as Adam?
Genotypes

Julie is double homozygous recessive, so

Adam
Julie
this is effectively a testcross and only the
alleles inherited from Adam need to be
IB/IO; Rh+/Rh- IO/IO; Rh-/Rhconsidered. For their next child to have
B+ blood type, it would have to inherit IB
and Rh+ from Adam. The probability of
IO/IO; Rh-/Rhinheriting each is , so P(next child B+) =
x=.

Answers to Blood Type Questions

Q2: Kwok is a universal recipient (AB+) and his mother is
A+. What are the possible genotypes and phenotypes of
his father?
Kwok could be IA/IB; Rh+/Rh or IA/IB; Rh+/Rh+
Kwoks mother must have at least one IA allele and will
be either Rh+/Rh or Rh+/Rh+
Kwoks IB allele must come from his father, but his fathers
Rhesus genotype could be either Rh+/Rh or Rh+/Rh+ or Rh/Rh
So, on the information available Kwoks father could be :
Rh+/Rh
or
Rh+/Rh+
or
Rh/Rh

Genotype

Phenotype

IA/IB

AB

IB/IB

IB/IO

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