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A baby with type AB blood is born into a family where the mother has type B blood and the

father has type O blood.

(i) Determine whether the husband is the biological father of the baby.

(ii) Explain your answer in (i) above.​

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Step-by-step explanation:

as we know a man who has type AB blood could not father a child with type O blood, because he would pass on either the A or the B allele to all of his offspring. Despite their usefulness in this regard, ABO blood groups cannot be used to confirm whether a man is indeed a child's father.

thus, the husband isnt the biological father of the baby.

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