2) You're the director of Foothill Presbyterian Hospital's maternity ward, and you have four mixed-up babies, with blood types of O, A, B, and AB. The four sets of desperate parents are threatening to sue you if you don't get their babies back. You know the blood types (phenotypes) of the parents are: i) AB and O ii) A and O iii) A and AB iv) O and O You also know that each set of parents has only one child (no sets of twins, that is). Match each baby with its parents.

2) You're the director of Foothill Presbyterian Hospital's maternity ward, and you have four mixed-up babies, with blood types of O, A, B, and AB. The four sets of desperate parents are threatening to sue you if you don't get their babies back. You know the blood types (phenotypes) of the parents are: i) AB and O ii) A and O iii) A and AB iv) O and O You also know that each set of parents has only one child (no sets of twins, that is). Match each baby with its parents.

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Chapter19: Introduction To Genetics

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 6CT: The ABO blood system has been used to settle cases of disputed paternity. Suppose, as a geneticist,...

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