Name: Fundamentals of Biology

Section: BSPSY 2101 November 14, 2021

Blood Type Problems

Type O : OO Type A : AA , AO

Type B : BB , BO Type AB : AB

SHOW WORK!

2. A man with AB blood is married to a woman with AB blood. What blood types will
their children be and in what proportion?

IA IB

A A A A B
I I I I I

B
I I A IB IB IB

Genotypic Ratio: 1:2:1 Phenotypic Ratio: 1:2:1

1 IA IA 25 % Type A

2 I A IB 50% Type AB

1 IB IB 25% Type B

3. A man who has type B blood (genotype: BB) is married to a woman with type O
blood. What blood type will their children have?

 
 B B
I I

O B O B O
I I I I I

O
I IB IO IB IO

Genotypic Ratio: 4:0

4 IB IO

Phenotypic Ratio: 4:0

100 % Type B

Answer: Their children will have genotype BB and blood type B.

4. A woman with type A blood (genotype: AO) is married to a type B person

IA IO

B A B B O
I I I I I

IO A
I I
O O
I I
O

Genotypic Ratio: 1:1:1:1 Phenotypic Ratio: 1:1:1:1

1 I A IB 25 % Type AB

1 IB IO 25% Type B
1 I A IO 25% Type A

1 IO IO 25% Type O
5. A woman with type A blood is claiming that a man with type AB blood is the father
of her child, who is also type AB. Could this man be the father? Show the possible
crosses; remember the woman can have AO or AA genotypes.

IA IA

A A A A A
I I I I I

IB I A IB I A IB

Genotypic Ratio: 2:2 Phenotypic Ratio: 2:2

2 IA IA 50% Type A

2 I A IB 50% Type AB

Answer: Yes, it is. The mother could be AA or AO, and the man could have
given the B and still have a child with type AB blood.

6. A man with type AB blood is married to a woman with type O blood. They have
two natural children, and one adopted child. The children's blood types are: A, B, and
O. Which child was adopted?

A B
I I

IO I A IO IB IO

O A O B O
I I I I I

 Genotypic Ratio: 2:2 Phenotypic Ratio: 2:2

2 I A IO 50% Type A

2 IB IO 50% Type B

Answer: The child O is the adopted child.

A.

A O
I I

O A O O O
I I I I I

O
I I A IO IO IO

B.

A A
I I

O A O A O
I I I I I

O A O A O
I I I I I

 Genotypic Ratio: 2:2 Genotypic Ratio: 4:0

2 I A IO 4 I A IO

2 IO IO

Phenotypic Ratio: 2:2 Phenotypic Ratio:

50% Type A 100% Type A

50% Type O

Answer: The child can be Type A blood or Type O blood.

8. Two people, both with AB blood, have four children. What blood types should the
children be?

IA IB
 A A B
I IA IA I I

B A B B B
I I I I I

Genotypic Ratio: 1:2:1 Phenotypic Ratio: 1:2:1

1 IA IA 25 % Type A

2 I A IB 50% Type AB

1 IB IB 25% Type B

Answer: The children’s blood type will be ¼ or 25% Type A, ½ or 50% Type AB, and ¼ or
25% Type B.

9. A person with type O blood is married to a person with type A blood (unknown
genotype). They have 6 children, 3 of them have type A blood, three of them have
type O blood. What is the genotype of the two parents?

A O
I I

IO I A IO IO IO

O A O O O
I I I I I

 Genotypic Ratio: 2:2 Phenotypic Ratio: 2:2

2 I A IO 50% Type A
 2 IO IO 50% Type O

Answer: To have children that are both A and O, the type A individual must be
heterozygous. The genotypes of the two parents are OO x AO.

10.  Two people with type O blood have three children. How many of those three
children also have type O blood?

O O
I I

IO O
I I
O
IO IO

O O O O O
I I I I I

Genotypic Ratio: 4:0

4 IO IO

Phenotypic Ratio: 4:0

100 % Type O

Answer: All of those three children will have blood type O.