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Rh factor found in man and Rhesus monkey was discovered by

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Landsteiner and Wiener
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William Harvey
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de Castello and Sturli
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Rhesus
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Solution

The correct option is A Landsteiner and Wiener
This is found in 85% of the human population.The Rh, or rhesus, factor was discovered in 1940 by K. Landsteiner and A. S. Wiener, when they observed that an injection of blood from a rhesus monkey into rabbits caused an antigenic reaction in the serum component of rabbit blood.

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