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Activity 5.2
Father’s Blood Type Mother’s Blood Type Child’s Blood Type
A A, B, AB, or O A
B A or AB AB
AB A, B, AB, or O B
O A, B, or O O

Possible Alleles From Mother

A B O
A A A B A
Possible A I I – Blood Type I I – Blood Type I i – Blood Type A
Alleles From A AB
Father B A B
I I – Blood Type I I – Blood Type IB i – Blood Type B
B B

AB B
A B
O I i – Blood Type A I i – Blood Type B ii – Blood Type O

a. What blood type (or types) can be found in an offspring if a father has Type A
blood and their mother has Type B blood?
Blood Types A, B, AB, and O
b. What blood type (or types) can be found in an offspring if a father has Type AB
blood and the mother has Type A blood?
Blood Type A, B, and AB
c. What blood type (or types) can be found in an offspring if a father has Type O
blood and their mother has Type B blood?
Blood Type B and O

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Activity 6.2
Male X Y
Female
X XX XY
X XX XY

a. What will be the sex of a child produced when an egg is fertilized by a sperm
that has a Y Chromosome?
Male
b. What type of sperm must fertilize an egg to result in a female child?
X Bearing Sperm
c. Based on the Punnett Square, how many percent of the children will be male?
50%
d. Which sex chromosome is present in both male and female?
X Chromosome
e. Infer which sex chromosomes determine a person’s sex?
 Y Chromosome
f. What are some of the factors that may contribute to the expression of human
sexuality?
Religion, Age, Culture, and Society

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Activity 3.1
Problem 1
Male XC Y
Female
Xc XC Xc Y
Xc XC Xc Y

All sons will be color-blind, whereas the daughters will be carriers.

Problem 2
Male Xh Y
Female
XH XH X h XH Y
Xh Xh X h Xh Y

Genotypic Ratio:
1 XH Xh: 1 Xh Xh: 1 XH Y: 1 Xh Y
Phenotypic Ratio:
1 Carrier Female: 1 Hemophiliac Female: 1 Normal Male: 1 Hemophiliac Male