a) Arlene is blood type B. Her mate Garfield is blood type O. What blood type(s) of kittens might they have?

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Assume that cat blood types are the same as human blood types. In the following blood
type questions, even though the blood type may be given, the genotype is not. If you are not able to figure out the
genotype, and there is more than one possibility, you must assume both possibilities are equally likely. Two points
each. Show work.
a) Arlene is blood type B. Her mate Garfield is blood type O. What blood type(s) of kittens might they have?
b) Kitten Nermal's dad Crookshanks is type AB. Nermal's mom Mrs. Norris is type A, and Mrs. Norris' mother was
type O. (Hint: figure out your Mrs. Norris' genotype first). What is the chance that Nermal's genotype is AA?
c) Simba is blood type AB. His biological father Mufasa is blood type B. What blood type(s) could the mother
Sarabi NOT have?
Transcribed Image Text:5. Assume that cat blood types are the same as human blood types. In the following blood type questions, even though the blood type may be given, the genotype is not. If you are not able to figure out the genotype, and there is more than one possibility, you must assume both possibilities are equally likely. Two points each. Show work. a) Arlene is blood type B. Her mate Garfield is blood type O. What blood type(s) of kittens might they have? b) Kitten Nermal's dad Crookshanks is type AB. Nermal's mom Mrs. Norris is type A, and Mrs. Norris' mother was type O. (Hint: figure out your Mrs. Norris' genotype first). What is the chance that Nermal's genotype is AA? c) Simba is blood type AB. His biological father Mufasa is blood type B. What blood type(s) could the mother Sarabi NOT have?
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