Rhesus monkey
In fact, the scientific name of the monkey is "macacus rhesus"
The antigen was first discovered in the blood of Rhesus monkeys.
Rh factor is also called "Rhesus factor" because it was first discovered in the blood.
Rh factor is also called "Rhesus factor" because it was first discovered in the blood.
landsteiner n wiener discovered rh factor in 1940..........
The rh blood factor was first observed in Rhesus monkeys
Rhesus monkeys
The Rh- factor is the synonym of "Rhesus factor". Rh factor is a layer of protein that is found outside the Red blood cell (RBC). It was discovered for the first time in Rhesus monkey an inhabitant of Africa, hence the name.
If a person has the Rh factor, then they are positive. If they don't have the Rh factor, they are negative. The Rh factor is dominant, so a mother with it would have an Rh positive baby even if the father is negative for the Rh factor.
it is the inherited protein found on the surface of red blood cells
Rh factor is a blood protein. About 84% of the population is Rh positive, meaning only 16% of the general population is lacking Rh factor (RH negative).
Rhesus monkey.
In all the four basic blood groups there exist two sub-groups called Rh (+ve) and Rh (-ve). The people with the Rh (+ve) blood group have an additional "Rh" facto or the "Rhesus" factor (so named because it was first observed and discovered in the Rhesus monkeys). Whereas the people who do not have the 'Rh' factor are said to have Rh (-ve) blood as in B (-ve) etc. While blood transfusion it is very important to check the "Rh-compatibility" of blood of the donor and that of the recipient, because transfusion of Rh +ve blood to a person with anegative blood group leads to agglutination(clumping) of blood cells thus resulting in death of the person. But it must be noted that transfusion of Rh -ve blood to a person with positive blood group does not harm the recipient.