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A man with A blood group marries a woman with B blood group and both show the presence of homozygous alleles. The possible genotypes of the offsprings would be

I. Type A
II. Type B
III. Type O
IV. Type AB

A
II only
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B
I and II
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I, II and IV
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I, II, III and IV
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E
IV only
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Solution

The correct option is E IV only
Since both the parents show the presence of homozygous alleles( IAIA and IBIB), on crossing the genotype of the offspring would be a heterozygote and of the type IAIB and expressed as AB blood type.

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