Draw a punnett square for each problem.  Please be careful to notice whether a trait is homozygous or heterozygous. One parent has O type blood. The other parent has heterozygous B type blood. What are all the possible blood types the children may have? Answer:____________O ____________A _____________B _____________AB In a paternity case a man is accused of having fathered a child. He denies the accusation and presents the following evidence.  His blood is O.  The mother’s type is AB.  The child has AB blood. Could he be the father?  _______yes     ________no

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Draw a punnett square for each problem.  Please be careful to notice whether a trait is homozygous or heterozygous.

One parent has O type blood. The other parent has heterozygous B type blood. What are all the possible blood types the children may have?

Answer:____________O ____________A _____________B _____________AB

In a paternity case a man is accused of having fathered a child. He denies the accusation and presents the following evidence.  His blood is O.  The mother’s type is AB.  The child has AB blood. Could he be the father?

 _______yes     ________no

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