(a) How does the embryo get nourishment inside the mother's body?
ā(b) If the blood group of father is A and the blood group of mother is O, what will be the blood group of their daughter? Explain how you have arrived at your answer.
(a) Placenta
functions of Placenta:
(b) The blood group of the mother is O which means, it has genotype ii.
The blood group of the father is A which means, he can have the genotype IAIA or IAi.
Case I: If the genotype of the father's blood group is IAIA and the mother is ii.
In this case, the daughter will have blood group A.
Case II: If the genotype of the father's blood group is IAi and the mother is ii
In this case, the daughter has 50% chance of having blood group A and 50% chance of having blood group O.