Download Blood Typing Report Indv.

Name: ___________________________________________ Date: ______________ Period: ______
Title: Blood Type Case Study - Who’s your daddy?
Purpose: _________________________________________________________________________
Materials:
Blood Samples
 Mom (orange) # of drops ___
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Anti-A serum (blue) # of drops _____
 Child (pink) # of drops ___
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Anti-B serum (yellow) # of drops ____
 Sample X (green) # of drops ___
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Blood typing tray # ____
 Sample Y (red) # of drops ___
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Toothpicks # ____
Data Collection
1.
Describe what a positive test result looks like?
2.
Describe what a negative test result looks like?
3.
Record your results in the table.
Blood Sample
Result for Anti-A
Antiserum (+/-)
Result for Anti-B
Antiserum (+/-)
Person’s Blood Type
Mom
Child
Sample X
Sample Y
Data Analysis
4.
Based on your results, what information could you provide the court that may be helpful in
this case?
5.
In the case of paternity disputes, ABO blood typing is more often used as a preliminary tool
before more complex and specific tests may need to be performed. Suggest another technique
that would provide more conclusive results with regards to paternity and explain.
6.
What are the possible blood types of a child if the parents were blood types A and
AB? Show your work and answer in complete sentences.
Conclusion
7.
Both fathers claim to be the parent of the child in question. Based on what you have
discovered, who has the better claim, Father X or Father Y?
o Using complete sentences.
o Give two or three reasons to support your claim.
o Explain what the evidence means and how it supports your claim.
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