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Prior to the development of dna fingerprinting, blood type could be used to determine possible parentage. although it might prove someone was not a parent, it could not show if someone was positively the parent, only that he or she might be a parent. which of the following is a true statement that can be made about parentage based on blood typing?

The distribution of related animals and plants across the world

Is there any species that went extinct in recent years due to natural causes (not caused by human interaction). if so, what caused it?