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04.03 Hemostasis, Typing, and Transfusion.
04.03 Hemostasis, Typing, and Transfusion.
04.03 Hemostasis, Typing, and Transfusion.
04/27/18
a. Is it possible for Michael and Danielle to have a child who has type O blood?
How do you know this? This is not possible, Michael and Danielle can not have a
child with an O blood type. The reason why is because both Michael and Danielle
pass on one of their two ABO alleles and if Michael passes down one of his A or
B alleles to his daughter while Danielle passes on her O allele, their child by
b. Was a switch made at the hospital? Explain your reasoning. There was no switch
made at the hospital.The reason why the first question was so important was
because we now know that there is no possible outcome for Danielle and Michael to
have a child with the blood type O. However, for Denise and Earnest, it is very
possible for their child to have an O blood type. While Denise has the blood type B
and Earnest having the blood type A, each one of them might have one i allele.
Denise could have the blood type B (I^B i) and Earnest may have the blood type A
makeup (I^A i). If both of them pass down their i allele to their child, then that child
c. How could fraternal twins be as different in appearance as Michelle and Michael, Jr.,
including one having light skin and the other having dark skin? Due to the fact they
are labeled as fraternal, it means that both children come from different eggs cells;
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this means that they mature/develop separately. Because they were birthed by the
same mother and have the same father as well as being fraternal, it is normal for
different DNA and chromosome makeups which contribute to their differences. Each