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If a man with type AB blood and a woman with type O blood were to have children, what is the probability that a child would have the blood type O? *

100%
50%
25%
0%
which one^

User Chocula
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Answer: 0% (Assuming both parents had positive blood type)
Use omnicalculator blood type calculator in the future!
User Ivan Hristov
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Answer:

0%

Step-by-step explanation:

Let's use a Punnett square to solve this problem.

A B

O AO BO

O AO BO

The Punnett square shows that 50% of their children will have the AO genotype and 50% will have the BO genotype. Neither of these genotypes give the child type O blood, so it is impossible for the child to have type O blood. The child would need two O alleles.

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