Please answer in (~250-300 words) Thanks in advance!!! The famous silent screen actor, Charlie Chaplin, was sued...

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The famous silent screen actor, Charlie Chaplin, was sued forpaternity in the 1920’s. His defense lawyers used his and thebaby’s blood types to show Charlie could not have been the father.Explain how this could have been done considering the only teststhat were available at that time where blood type, A, B, O and theRhesus factor, + or -.

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Charlie Chaplin was involved in a legal battle over the paternity of a child born to Joan Barry The baby was of blood type B the mother was of blood type A and Chaplins blood type O For a gene determining blood group there are three versions called alleles A B and O A persons blood type is determined    See Answer
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