Question

A man with blood group a marries a woman with blood group o and their daughter has blood group o.Is this information enough to tell you which of the traits-blood group a or o is dominant?Why or why not?

Answer 1

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Explanation:

The give information is not enough to tell us which of the traits – blood group A or O – is dominant. In blood heredity, blood Type A is always dominant and blood Type O is always recessive.

Here, father’s Blood group can be AA (homozygous) or AO (heterozygous) genotypically, where as that of mother can be OA or OO. For daughter to be born with blood group O, she must receive O type gene one each from father and mother. For this father must have heterozygous AO blood group and mother must have homozygous blood group OO.

Answer 2

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The dominance of a trait is tested over at least 3 generations. In the above discussed situation, data from only two generation is given. Hence it cannot be concluded which blood type is dominant.