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BLOOD TYPES
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Your blood type is established before you are BORN, by specific GENES inherited from your parents. These two genes - one gene from your MOTHER and one from your FATHER -determine your blood type by causing proteins called ANTIGENS to exist on the surface of all of your red blood cells.
BLOOD TYPES
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WHAT ARE BLOOD TYPES?
There are 3 alleles or genes for blood type: A, B, & O. Since we have 2 genes, there are 6 possible combinations.
Blood Types
IAIA or IAi = Type AIBIB or IBi= Type B
ii = Type OIAIB = Type AB
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Blood
Types
Genetics
What it looks like
Anti-Bodies
Transfused Blood
Who can we
donate
blood to?
Who can we
receive
blood from?
A
B
AB
O
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How common is your blood type?
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