Your blood type is based on antigens found on your red blood cells named A or B and antibodies found in your plasma called a or b. See Table 1 for the antigen-antibody make-up of different blood types.                                                                                 Table 1   Blood type Antigens Antibodies A A b B B a AB A and B neither a nor b O neither A nor B both a and b   A. When would clumping (or agglutination occur?

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You inherited your blood type from your parents. Your blood type is based on antigens found on your red blood cells named A or B and antibodies found in your plasma called a or b. See Table 1 for the antigen-antibody make-up of different blood types.

 

                                                                              Table 1

 

Blood type

Antigens

Antibodies

A

A

b

B

B

a

AB

A and B

neither a nor b

O

neither A nor B

both a and b

 

A. When would clumping (or agglutination occur?  
 


 
 
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