Jill has a son named Jack. She claims that James is the father. James denies this. Jill has Type A blood. Jack has Type O blood. James has Type B blood. Based on this information, what would a court decide on this problem?   Question 3 options:   James could be the father of Jack because James could be heterozygous   James is not the father of Jack because their phenotypes are different   James is not the father of Jack because their genotypes are different   James could be the father of Jack because type B blood is usually I^Bi   James is the father of Jack because he passed on a recessive allele

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Problem 6CT: The ABO blood system has been used to settle cases of disputed paternity. Suppose, as a geneticist,...
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Jill has a son named Jack. She claims that James is the father. James denies this. Jill has Type A blood. Jack has Type O blood. James has Type B blood. Based on this information, what would a court decide on this problem?

 

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James could be the father of Jack because James could be heterozygous

 

James is not the father of Jack because their phenotypes are different

 

James is not the father of Jack because their genotypes are different

 

James could be the father of Jack because type B blood is usually I^Bi

 

James is the father of Jack because he passed on a recessive allele

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