Blood Type Inheritance: Can Two Type O Parents Have a Type A Child?
No. Two type O parents (genotype OO) can only have type O children. Each parent contributes an O allele; the child must be OO.
For a child to be type A, at least one parent must carry an A allele (genotype AA or AO).
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