Target Exam

CUET

Subject

Biology

Chapter

Principles of Inheritance and Variation

Question:

A father has blood group A and mother has blood group B ,What will be the possible blood group of the progeny ?

Options:

AB

A, B, AB, and O.

Only O

Only A and B .

Correct Answer:

A, B, AB, and O.

Explanation:

The correct answer is Option (2) -A, B, AB, and O.

Human blood group inheritance is an example of both codominance and multiple alleles. It is controlled by three alleles:, IA , IB and i . The IA and IB alleles exhibit codominance, while the i allele is recessive to both IA and IB .There are six possible genotypes: IAIA , IA i , IB IB ,IB i , IAIB and ii .

Because IA and IB are dominant over the i allele, the genotypes IA i and IB i result in A and B blood groups, respectively. The genotypes IAIA, IB IB , and i i correspond to A, B, and O blood groups, respectively. Due to the codominance of IA and IB, the IAIB genotype produces the AB blood group. Thus, these six genotypes result in four different phenotypes. Consequently, parents with A and B blood groups can have children with A, B, AB, or O blood groups. The correct answer is "A".