Two couples had babies on the same hospital on the same day. Couple # 1 had a baby girl, Denise who has a blood type A+. Denise’s father is B+ and Her Mother is blood Type A-. Couple #2 had twins a boy Mark and a girl Ana. The Mother of the twins is B- and the father is A+. The twins’ grandparents on the paternal side are AA+ and AB-; The baby boy Mark is AB- and Ana is 0+. The Mother of Couple # 2 is convinced that the girls were mixed- up and they received the wrong baby girl. Knowing that you are an expert on bloody types and Mendelian genetics that have reached you out for help. Please solve the problem showing all possible evidence

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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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Two couples had babies on the same hospital on the same day. Couple # 1 had a baby girl, Denise who has a blood type A+. Denise’s father is B+ and Her Mother is blood Type A-. Couple #2 had twins a boy Mark and a girl Ana. The Mother of the twins is B- and the father is A+. The twins’ grandparents on the paternal side are AA+ and AB-; The baby boy Mark is AB- and Ana is 0+. The Mother of Couple # 2 is convinced that the girls were mixed- up and they received the wrong baby girl. Knowing that you are an expert on bloody types and Mendelian genetics that have reached you out for help. Please solve the problem showing all possible evidence

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