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I need to demonstrate a cross between an individual with AB type blood and an individual with blood type A?

Type A is heterozygous. What is the probability of having an offspring with Type A blood?

What is the probability of having an offspring with Type B blood? Please help I am not understanding this.

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  • 8 years ago
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    Heterozygous type A is Ai, type AB is AB. The Punnett square is:

    _____A_____i___

    A___AA____Ai__

    B___AB____Bi__

    So, the probability of type A is 2/4 = 0.5 and the probability of type B = 1/4 = 0.25

    Source(s): 40 years teaching Biology
  • 8 years ago

    The genotype for the type A heterozygote is IAi. (The I is standard for blood type. It helps to show that A and B are codominant and O is recessive.)

    The genotype for AB is always IAIB.

    Draw a punnet square so you can see it visually. This is my attempt to create one:

    * IA i

    IA IAIA IAi. There are two offspring with type A blood, one with AB and one with B.

    IB IAIB IBi. Therefore, there is a 25% chance of having type B.

    Source(s): My brain.
  • 8 years ago

    We used the probably blocks when I was in high school, it was easier for visual learners, but I cannot seem to find them on google, so here's a calculator.

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