Multiple Alleles

Activity 3: What’s Your Blood Type?

Objectives:

1. Infer the unknown phenotypes of individuals on the basis of the known

phenotypes of their family members.
2. Solve genetic problems related to multiple alleles

Materials:

Activity sheets
Pen and Paper

Procedure:

1. Given the blood types of the two family members, determine the possible
blood type of the remaining member.

Mother’s Blood Type Father’s Blood Type Child’s Blood Type

O O
AB B
B O

2. Determine child’s blood type if a mother has type A (AA) blood and the
father has type B (BB) blood. Show your solution using a Punnett square.

3. Write the genotype and phenotype ratio of the offspring.

Ratio: Genotypic ratio=

Phenotypic ratio=

Guide Question:

1. The ABO- blood type systems in humans is an example of trait in multiple

alleles controlled by how many alleles?