Trivia
1. What blood type is considered the universal donor?
2. Which is called the universal reciever?
1. O
2. AB
A woman who is heterozygous type A has a child with a man who is type O. What are the probabilities of the phenotypes of the offspring?
50% type A and 50% type O
What are the four main blood types in the Blood typing system?
A, B, AB, and O
If a child has blood type B and one of his parents has blood type O, what are all possibilities of the other parent’s genotype?
AB, BB, Bi
What is the genotype for someone with blood type O
ii
Two parents have heterozygous blood types. What is the greatest percent chance their children could have for being homozygous?
50%
Which blood type or types do not produce anti-A or anti-B antibodies?
AB
Ralph has heterozygous type B blood and his wife Rachel has homozygous type A blood. They are very shocked to hear their baby has type O blood. Could the baby be theirs?
No
Why can Type O blood be given to any patient in an emergency?
Type O blood is not targeted by anti A or anti B antigens.
A father with blood type AB and a mother with blood type A (genotype unknown) have a child. What is the probability that the child has blood type B?
12.5%
Which part of the blood determines a person’s blood type?
Antigens on the red blood cells.