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What is Rh-factor? In. which animal was it first discovered ?

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Rh-factor is an antigenic protein present on the surface of R.B.C. in human beings. It was first discovered in 1940 by Karl Landsteiner and A.S. Wiener on the membranes of red blood cells of rhesus monkeys.

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