Answer to Question #189303 in Genetics for Jon jay Mendoza

Question

3. In the early 1940s, famed entertainer Charlie Chaplin was taken to court in a paternity case brought by his former protege, Joan Berry. Berry was 23 and Chaplin 54, and she alleged that he was the father of her newborn baby, Carol Ann. Charlie Chaplin’s blood type was already on record as type AB. The mother of the child had type A and her child had type O blood.

a. Complete a Punnett square for the possible cross of Charlie and the mother. (4 points each punnett square. You have to prepare two punnett squares)

b. The judge ruled in favor of the mother and ordered Charlie Chaplin to pay child support costs of the child. Was the judge correct in his decision based on blood typing evidence? Explain why or why not. (3 points)

Answer 1

a)

b) No, Charlie cannot produce a child with O blood type