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NEET · Biology · STD 12 - 4. principal of inheritance and variation

A man with blood group \(‘A’\) marries a woman with blood group \(‘B’\). What are all the possible blood groups of their offsprings?

  1. A \(A, B, AB\) and \(O\)
  2. B \(O\) only
  3. C \(A\) and \(B\) only
  4. D \(A, B\) and \(AB\) only
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(A) \(A, B, AB\) and \(O\)

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(a): The man has blood group \(A\), thus its genotype can either be \(I^AI^A\) or \(I^AI^O\). Similarly, woman can either have \(I^BI^B\), or \(I^BI^O\) genotype. Thus, their offspring can have any of the blood groups \(A\) \((I^AI^A\) or \(I^AI^O)\), \(B\) \((I^BI^B\) or \(I^BI^O)\), \(AB\) \((I^AI^B)\) or \(O\) \((I^OI^O).\)