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A child is born to a mother with blood type A and a father with blood type B. Assuming that both parents are heterozygous. What is the possibility that the child will have the blood type AB? go

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A child is born to a mother with blood type A and a father with blood type B. Assuming that both parents are heterozygous.
What is the possibility that the child will have the blood type AB?
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A child is born to a mother with blood type A and a father with blood type B. Assuming that both parents are heterozygous. What is the possibility that the child will have the blood type AB? go

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To determine the possibility of the child having blood type AB, we need to consider the genotypes of the parents and the possible combinations of alleles that the child can inherit.<br /><br />Given that both parents are heterozygous, the mother has genotype AO and the father has genotype BO.<br /><br />The possible combinations of alleles that the child can inherit are:<br />- AO (from the mother)<br />- BO (from the father)<br /><br />The possible genotypes of the child are:<br />- AA (if the child inherits A from both parents)<br />- AB (if the child inherits A from the mother and B from the father)<br />- AO (if the child inherits O from both parents)<br />- BO (if the child inherits B from both parents)<br /><br />Out of these possible genotypes, only one (AB) results in the child having blood type AB. Therefore, the probability of the child having blood type AB is 1 out of 4, or 25%.
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