GENETICS:FROM GENES TO GENOMES-ACCESS
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Author: HARTWELL
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Chapter 3, Problem 30P
A woman who is blood type B has a child whose blood type is A; her husband is blood type O. Despite his wife’s claims of innocence, the irate father claims that the child is not his. Do you think that the wife is necessarily guilty of adultery? Explain.
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GENETICS:FROM GENES TO GENOMES-ACCESS
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