Joe is starting to feel guilty for getting so mad. He says "Geez, I feel like a jerk now. I should have known that Tiffany would never cheat on me." Vicky responds, "That's okay. You were upset. Let's just forget about it." Will Tiffany and Joe's next baby be albino? One year later, Tiffany and Joe are discussing whether to have another baby. Tiffany wants to have another child and says "I don't think we'll have another albino child. I think we've used up all our bad luck already and the second baby will be fine." However, Joe thinks that bad luck runs in streaks of three, and he is very worried that they will have another albino child. 4. If Tiffany and Joe have a second baby, what is the probability that this second baby will also be albino? How do you know? II. Were the babies switched? Two couples had babies in the same hospital at the same time. Michael and Danielle had twins, a boy, Michael, Jr., and a girl, Michelle. Denise and Earnest had a girl, Tonja. Danielle was convinced that there had been a mix-up and she had the wrong girl, since Michael Jr. and Tonja were both light-skinned, while Michelle was dark skinned. Danielle insisted on blood type tests for both families to check whether there had been a mix-up. In order to interpret the results of the blood type tests, you will need to understand the basic biology of blood types. Blood Types The ABO blood types are the major blood type classification system which determines which type of blood can safely be used for a transfusion. The four blood types in the ABO system are Type A, Type B, Type AB, and Type O. These blood types refer to different versions of carbohydrate molecules (complex sugars) which are present on the surface of red blood cells. People with: Have: Type A carbohydrate Type A blood molecules on their red blood cells Type B carbohydrate Type B blood molecules on their red blood cells Type A and B carbohydrate Type AB blood molecules on their red blood cells Neither A nor B carbohydrate Type O blood molecules on their red blood cells Genetics of Blood Types
Joe is starting to feel guilty for getting so mad. He says "Geez, I feel like a jerk now. I should have known that Tiffany would never cheat on me." Vicky responds, "That's okay. You were upset. Let's just forget about it." Will Tiffany and Joe's next baby be albino? One year later, Tiffany and Joe are discussing whether to have another baby. Tiffany wants to have another child and says "I don't think we'll have another albino child. I think we've used up all our bad luck already and the second baby will be fine." However, Joe thinks that bad luck runs in streaks of three, and he is very worried that they will have another albino child. 4. If Tiffany and Joe have a second baby, what is the probability that this second baby will also be albino? How do you know? II. Were the babies switched? Two couples had babies in the same hospital at the same time. Michael and Danielle had twins, a boy, Michael, Jr., and a girl, Michelle. Denise and Earnest had a girl, Tonja. Danielle was convinced that there had been a mix-up and she had the wrong girl, since Michael Jr. and Tonja were both light-skinned, while Michelle was dark skinned. Danielle insisted on blood type tests for both families to check whether there had been a mix-up. In order to interpret the results of the blood type tests, you will need to understand the basic biology of blood types. Blood Types The ABO blood types are the major blood type classification system which determines which type of blood can safely be used for a transfusion. The four blood types in the ABO system are Type A, Type B, Type AB, and Type O. These blood types refer to different versions of carbohydrate molecules (complex sugars) which are present on the surface of red blood cells. People with: Have: Type A blood Type A carbohydrate molecules on their red blood cells Type B blood Type B carbohydrate molecules on their red blood cells Type AB blood Type A and B carbohydrate molecules on their red blood cells Type O blood Neither A nor B carbohydrate molecules on their red blood cells Genetics of Blood Types
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