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A woman with type a has children of type b blood. What blood type(s) could the father have been?

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A woman with blood type A can have children with blood type B if the father has either blood type B or blood type AB.

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Inheritance of blood types follows certain rules. A woman with blood type A can have children with blood type B if the father has either blood type B or blood type AB. This is because blood type A is caused by the presence of the A antigen, while blood type B is caused by the presence of the B antigen. If the father has blood type B, the child can have blood type B by inheriting the B allele from the father. If the father has blood type AB, the child can have blood type B by inheriting the B allele from the father and blood type A by inheriting the A allele from the mother.

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