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Multiple Alleles: 1. The basic blood types of humans are A, B, AB, and O. Types

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Question

Multiple Alleles:

1. The basic blood types of humans are A, B, AB, and O. Types A and B are both dominant and type O is recessive. If a man with type A blood (heterozygous) has children with a woman who has type B blood (heterozygous), what are the possible genotypes and phenotypes of the progeny? Please include allele codes and a punnet sqaure.

2. In rabbits Black fur is the most dominant and white is recessive. However, there are four phenotypes of fur colors that follow these inheritance patterns. Black (F) > Chinchilla (F^ch) > Himalayan (F^h) > White (f).

a) The following two rabbits are crossed, what are the possible phenotypes and genotypes of their offspring? Please include allele codes and punnet sqaure. F^chF^h X Ff

b) The following two rabbits are crossed, what are the possible phenotypes and genptypes of their offspring? Please include allele codes and punnet square. FF^h X ff

c) A black rabbit is crossed with a Himalayan and the F1 consists of a ratio of 2 black to 2 chinchilla. Determine possible genotypes of the parents.

Explanation / Answer

1. Man with type A blood (heterozygous) AO x BO Woman with type B blood (heterozygous)

Punnet square :

Possible genotypes and phenotypes :

AB : AB blood group

AO : A blood group

BO : B blood group

OO : O blood group

2 a) F^ch F^h X F f

Black (F) > Chinchilla (F^ch) > Himalayan (F^h) > White (f)

F^ch F^h (Chinchilla) X F f (Black)

2b) FF^h X ff

2c) A black rabbit is crossed with a Himalayan rabbit :

When Black (FF^h) and Himalayan (F^hF^h) rabbits are crossed, the following result will give 2 : 2 ratio

A O B AB BO O AO OO