Name: Fundamentals of Biology
Section: BSPSY 2101 November 14, 2021
Blood Type Problems
1. List all the possible genotypes for each of the 4 blood types:
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
(genotype: BO). What blood types will their children have?
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.
7. A person with type A blood (unknown genotype) marries a person with type O
blood. What blood types are possible among their children. (Show 2 crosses)
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.