The man with blood type A might have one of two genotypes:
1. Iᵃ Iᵃ
2. Iᵃ i
In this case, Iᵃ is an allele for A group, and i is an allele for 0 group.
The ABO blood type is controlled by a single gene (the ABO gene) with three types of alleles (Iᵃ Iᵇ and i)