A man with blood group A marries a woman with blood group O and their daughter has blood group O. is this information enough to tell you which of the traits blood group A or O is dominant. why or why not?
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Solution
No,the information is not enough to say A or O is dominant.
If A is considered to be dominant over O possible combination of father will be - AO and mother will be OO. Thus, daughter can be OO and hence have blood group O.
If O is supposed to be dominant over A then the possible combinations of father will be - AA,and mother will be OO or OA. Thus, daughter can be OA and hence has blood group O. From the given information we cannot ascertain which blood group is dominant.