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Blood type is a special type of inherited trait that is governed by multiple alleles, or gene variants.
Blood Type Genotype Can donate blood to: Can receive blood from:
(Phenotype)
O ii A, B, AB and O O
(universal donor)
AB IAIB O, AB A, B, AB and O
(universal acceptor)
2. Pretend that Brad Pitt is homozygous for the blood type B, and Angelina Jolie is blood type
O. What are all the possible blood genotypes types of their baby? _________________________
3. Fill in the Punnett square below showing all the possible blood types for the offspring
produced by a blood type O mother and a blood type AB father.
4. Mrs. Clink is blood type A and Mr. Clink is blood type O. They have three children named
Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Mark is blood type O, Matthew is blood type A, and Luke is blood
type AB. Luke is not their biological child. Based on this information:
5. Two parents think their baby was switched at the hospital. Its 1968, so DNA fingerprinting
technology does not exist yet. The mother has blood type O, the father has blood type AB,
and the baby has blood type B.
7. Based on the information in this table, which man or men could not be the father of the
baby with blood type B? ____________________________________
Justify your answer by filling in the Punnett square below; showing mother and baby.
9. Analysis Question: Explain why blood type data cannot prove who the father of a baby is,
and can only prove who the father is not (refer back to the tables in questions #7 & #8 to
help you answer this question).