Blood Types & Sex-Linked Inheritance
Blood Types
Sample Question: A child is born with Type A blood. The mother has type B in the heterozygous form. She files a paternity suit and notifies a man that he is the father. The man has type O blood. Can he be the father of this child?
Sex-Linked Inheritance
XX = Female
XY = Male
Men are usually affected by sex-linked disorders
*Affected males never pass the disease to their sons
How to solve sex-linked problems
Blood Types
Sample Question: A child is born with Type A blood. The mother has type B in the heterozygous form. She files a paternity suit and notifies a man that he is the father. The man has type O blood. Can he be the father of this child?
Sex-Linked Inheritance
XX = Female
XY = Male
Men are usually affected by sex-linked disorders
*Affected males never pass the disease to their sons
How to solve sex-linked problems