Kamar's blood type is AB, which means he has both A and B alleles. His father's blood type is heterozygous A, which means his father could have either the genotype AA or AO.
To explain the potential blood types of Kamar's mother:
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If Kamar's mother has blood type O (genotype OO), then Kamar could only inherit an A from his father (A from the father and O from the mother, leading to blood type A), which does not allow Kamar to have blood type AB.
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If Kamar's mother has blood type A (genotype AA or AO), there is a possibility that Kamar could inherit the B allele from his mother (if she is AO) to get to blood type AB.
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If Kamar's mother has blood type B (genotype BB or BO), she could provide the B allele for Kamar resulting in AB blood type.
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Lastly, if Kamar's mother has blood type AB (genotype AB), Kamar would inherit one allele from each parent, yielding AB.
Based on this information, Kamar can conclude:
Kamar’s mother must be either AB or B because blood types AB is considered codominant.
So, the correct response is:
Kamar’s mother must be either AB or B because blood types AB is considered codominant.