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Can a child with group O parents be blood group AB?

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Can a child with group O parents be blood group AB?
« on: 04/12/2009 09:30:02 »
Tracy asked the Naked Scientists:
   
Please can you tell me if a mother and father are blood group O, and they have 2 kids can one be AB and the other O?? Or is the AB one not from these two people??

Please help with this question.
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    « Reply #1 on: 04/12/2009 17:27:29 »
    This might be a case of blood group "Bombay" (hh):

    http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=17461.0

    Here's a link to Wikipedia's entry on Bombay:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hh_antigen_system
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    « Reply #2 on: 05/12/2009 13:30:25 »
    Quote from: chris on 04/12/2009 17:27:29
    This might be a case of blood group "Bombay":

    http://www.thenakedscientists.com/forum/index.php?topic=17461.0


    Quote from: iko on 05/12/2009 13:29:33
    Cis-AB is another possibility:

    1chromosome carries the O gene, the other A&B together.
    Quite rare indeed, like blood type "O Bombay"...

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cis_AB


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