Blood Type Inheritance

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A phenotype is a set of one or more physical characteristics possessed by an organism (eg., blue eyes, brown hair, or type O blood). A genotype is the set of biological factors that control a particular organism's phenotype. In the nineteenth century, Austrian botanist Gregor Mendel hypothesized that most phenotypes are controlled by two factors, one inherited from each parent. His research suggested there are two types of factors: dominant, which generate a particular phenotype if present, and recessive, which generate a particular phenotype only if the dominant factor for the same trait is absent. His theories were confirmed by the discovery of DNA in the twentieth century, but the new field of genetics also uncovered a wealth of complexity at which Mendel's famous garden had barely hinted.
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Contributed by: Quentin Sedlacek (March 2011)
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Published: March 15 2011