Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals

In the lab, Using Blood Tests to Identify Babies and Criminals, students learn the genetics and immunobiology of the ABO blood type system, using simple chemicals and logical reasoning to solve a murder mystery and to determine whether two babies were switched in the hospital.

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