Billie Sue was Manley\'s wife. She had type AB blood and both his parents AB. Ja
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Billie Sue was Manley's wife. She had type AB blood and both his parents AB. Jackie was type O and her husband Cal was type A. His parents were likewise AB. All four lived by themselves in a completely isolated research station on an artic island. Except for Abe the trader (type A), there were no visitors for 12 months, and at the end of the time both women had babies. In the confusion, the two infants got mixed up, and to straighten out the problem, the blood types of the babies were determined and found to be O for the boy baby and B for the girl.Explanation / Answer
Billie Sue was Manley's wife.
She had type AB blood and both his parents AB.
Billie-----genotype ------IA IB
Manley's-------------------- genotype MAY BE ------IA IB , IA IA , IB IB ,
Billie-----genotype ------IA IB X IA IB
IA
IB
IA
IA IA
IA IIB
IB
IA IB
IB IB
Billie-----genotype ------IA IB X IA IA
IA
IB
IA
IA IA
IA IIB
IA
IA IA
IB IA
Billie-----genotype ------IA IB X IB IB ,
IA
IB
IB
IA IB
IB IB
IB
IA IB
IB IB
THE POSSIBEL OFFSPRING -----------A, B, AND AB NOT O GENOTYPE
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Jackie was type O and her husband Cal was type A.
Jackie was type O------------------ genotype ------IO IO
Cal was type A.-------------------- IO IO, IO IA
IO
IO
IO
IO IO
IO IO
IO
IO IO
IO IO
IO
IO
IO
IO IO
IO IO
IA
IO IA
IO IA
HENCE THE POSSIBLE OFFSPRING WITH O OR A GENOTYPE for the boy baby
O for the boy baby--------OSSPRING OF Jackie AND Cal
B for the girl.------------- OSSPRING OF Billie AND Manley's
IA
IB
IA
IA IA
IA IIB
IB
IA IB
IB IB
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