In humans, there are three different alleles that contribute to blood type, A, B, and O. The Punnett square shows an example cro: between two parents, and the table shows the four blood types that result from various combinations of the three alleles. A B AA AB 0 AO BO Blood Type Phenotype Genotype Type A AA ог AO Type B BB or BO •Type AB AB Type O 00 Based on the information, what can be concluded about the alleles associated with blood types? © Aand B are codominant. © is dominant over A and B. O Ais dominant over B. • B and O are codominant.

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Question
In humans, there are three different alleles that contribute to blood type, A, B, and O. The Punnett square shows an example cro:
between two parents, and the table shows the four blood types that result from various combinations of the three alleles.
A
B
AA
AB
0
AO
BO
Blood Type
Phenotype
Genotype
Type A
AA ог AO
Type B
BB or BO
•Type AB
AB
Type O
00
Based on the information, what can be concluded about the alleles associated with blood types?
© Aand B are codominant.
© is dominant over A and B.
O Ais dominant over B.
• B and O are codominant.
Answer

B and O are codominant.

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The Punnett square shows that both alleles A and B are codominant, meaning that both alleles contribute to the phenotype of the offspring...
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