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shazi

shazi

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Blood type

Can a mother blood type O and a father blood thpe B produce an A+ offspring?

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Answer 1 / 2 - Submitted 45 days ago...

bzkhan

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I am no expert but from what I read, it is not possible.

There are three alleles (flavors of gene) for blood type: A, B, and O. Everyone gets two alleles, one from each parent. Depending on which allele is dominant, that determines what blood type someone is.

If you get an A from your mother and an A from your father, you are AA and thus have blood type A, i.e. the expressed blood type is A. Similarly:

A + A = AA (expressed blood type: A)
A + B = AB (expressed blood type: AB because A and B are both dominant)
A + O = AO (expressed blood type: A because A is dominant)

B + A = AB (expressed blood type: AB)
B + B = BB (expressed blood type: B)
B + O = BO (expressed blood type: B)

O + A = AO (expressed: A)
O + B = BO (expressed: B)
O + O = OO (expressed: O)

As you can see, someone whose expressed blood type is O (which is rare) has two O alleles, OO. These two people can only have children with the expressed blood type of O, as a result.

However, if one parent is BO (expressed: B) and the other parent is BO, AO, or OO, then it is possible for the children to be: AB (AB), AO (A), BO (B), or OO (O).


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Answer 2 / 2 - Submitted 44 days ago...

symphonee

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It's not posible. To have a child with an A pos blood type, one parent must have type a blood

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