Medically reviewed by Amelia MacIntyre, DO One of the most important characteristics of blood is its type. Knowing your blood ...

However, a child can have a different blood type to both of their parents, depending on which genes they inherit. Each parent passes one allele (gene) for blood type to their child. A parent who ...

Indeed, "codominance" is the specific term for a system in which an allele from each ... in the human ABO blood group system. Many blood proteins contribute to blood type (Stratton, 1952), and ...