Consider a family where the father has both A and B antigens on his red blood cells, and the mother has both anti-A and anti-B antibodies in her blood plasma. Read the following statements regarding their potential offspring: (I) They can have a child with no antigens of the ABO group on their red blood cells. (II) 50% of their children are expected to have anti-B antibodies in their blood plasma. (III) All their chi

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The father has both A and B antigens on his RBCs, which means his blood group is AB and his genotype is I^A I^B . The mother has both anti-A and anti-B antibodies in her plasma, which means her blood group is O and her genotype is ii . A cross between them ( I^A I^B ii ) will produce offspring who receive either the I^A or I^B allele from the father and the i allele from the mother. Thus, the possible genotypes of the children are I^A i (Blood group A) and I^B i (Blood group B) in a 1:1 ratio. Evaluating the statem