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The autosomal locus that has multiple alleles, such as the locus for the ABO blood group, more than ____ alleles may be present in the population, but diploid individuals still can only inherit ____ of those alleles.Group of answer choices2, 11; 32; 2

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The autosomal locus that has multiple alleles, such as the locus for the ABO blood group, more than ____ alleles may be present in the population, but diploid individuals still can only inherit ____ of those alleles.Group of answer choices2, 11; 32; 2

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The correct answer is "more than 2 alleles may be present in the population, but diploid individuals still can only inherit 2 of those alleles".

Here's why:

  1. The ABO blood group system is determined by the ABO gene, which is found on chromosome 9. The gene has three alleles: A, B, and O.

  2. However, because humans are diploid organisms (meaning they have two sets of chromosomes), each person can only have two of these alleles.

  3. Therefore, while there are more than 2 (specifically 3) alleles present in the population for the ABO blood group, any given individual can only inherit 2 of those alleles.

  4. The combination of these two alleles determines a person's blood type: AA or AO results in type A blood, BB or BO results in type B blood, AB results in type AB blood, and OO results in type O blood.

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