Like your eye and hair color, you inherit your blood type from your parents. Each parent passes down one allele (a version of a gene). The combination of these alleles determines your blood type. Your ...

Many blood proteins contribute to blood type (Stratton, 1952), and the ABO ... There are three common alleles in the ABO system. These alleles segregate and assort into six genotypes, as shown ...

For example, a man who has type AB blood could not father a child with ... emphasize that scientists consider only specific marker alleles, rather than entire genomes, when conducting paternity ...