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RH factor - Human and Rhesus Monkey Relation Clarification Question

XingHa
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To cut it short, does this D Antigen from RH+ human also present in Rhesus Monkey? OR Rhesus Factor is just a naming derived from Rhesus monkey because of its involvement in the research/experiment?

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To cut it short, does this D Antigen from RH+ human also present in Rhesus Monkey? OR Rhesus Factor is just a naming derived from Rhesus monkey because of its involvement in the research/experiment?

Well yes...That's why they call it RH (RHesus) positive, because the specific person has the antigen in common with a Rhesus monkey.

Well yes...That's why they call it RH (RHesus) positive, because the specific person has the antigen in common with a Rhesus monkey.

 

Nope, it is a name for the classification system that was discovered in rhesus monkeys. The protein involved (RhD) may have some cross-immunity (I am not sure about that) but it is not identical.

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