• Ms. Ritter has a problem. She claims that her baby's father is lan who has blood type A
(Ai). Ian denies the baby and refuses to pay
child support. He claims that it's her
ex-boyfriend's baby. The ex-boyfriend has
blood type AB. The baby's blood type is O
and the mother's blood type is B (Bi).

Mrs. Ritter, whose blood type is B (Bi) is right in claiming that Ian - blood type A (Ai)- is the father of her baby, with blood type O (ii). Ex-boyfriend AB (AB) cannot be the father.

Explanation:

The blood type, according to the ABO system, is determined by the presence or absence of surface antigens A and B. In addition, genotypes can be co-dominant, in the case of A, B and AB, heterozygous (Ai or Bi) and recessive, in the case of group O (ii)

According to this, to check if Mrs Ritter's baby is Ian's child, a crossing can be done:

♂ Ai

♀ Bi

Alleles       A       i

B              AB     Bi

i               Ai        ii

Ian and Mrs Ritter have a 25% chance of having a child with blood type O (ii), so the baby may be Ian's child.

To find out why the ex-boyfriend can't be the father

♂ AB

♀ Bi

Alleles       A        B

B              AB      BB

i                Ai       Bi

It is not possible that Mrs. Ritter's ex-boyfriend is the father of the baby, as the possible offspring in the crossover are A, B or AB.

try using substitution:

x + y - 6 = x - y. (i'm not giving you the exact answer). since 0 = x - y, then sub 0 in the equation with x - y. combine your like terms, and then use inverse operations, and you'll have your answer.

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it would be heredity