In a maternity ward, four babies become accidentally mixed up. The ABO types of

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In a maternity ward, four babies become accidentally mixed up. The ABO types of the four babies are known to be Baby 1, type O; Baby 2, type A; Baby 3, type B, and Baby 4, type AB. The ABO types of the four sets of parents are determined as follows: Couple 1: AB x 0 Couple 2: A x 0 Couple 3: A x AB Couple 4: O x 0 Select one: O a. Couple 1 - Baby 1; Couple 2 - Baby 2; Couple 3 - Baby 3; Couple 4 - Baby 4 O b. Couple 1 - Baby 4; Couple 2 - Baby 2; Couple 3 - Baby 3; Couple 4 - Baby 1 O c. Couple 1 - Baby 3; Couple 2 - Baby 2; Couple 3 - Baby 4; Couple 4 - Baby 1 O d. Couple 1 - Baby 4; Couple 2 - Baby 1; Couple 3 - Baby 2; Couple 4 - Baby 3 O e. Answers B and C could both be correct

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based on the above mentioned babby and parent blood groups, it can be clearly said that the correct answer is C.

I have calculated the possible genotypes of babies and compared them with parents to get this result.

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