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In the human blood grouping, the four basic blood types are type A, type B, type AB, and type O. The blood proteins A and B are :
(a) simple dominant and recessive traits
(b) incomplete dominant traits
(c) codominant traits
(d) sex-linked traits
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Solution
codominant traits
Blood proteins A and B are codominant traits, as neither of these is able to dominate the other completely.
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