AP BIOLOGY

HEREDITY

SEX LINKAGE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
If a red blood cell has no antigens on its surface, what is its blood type?
A
A
B
B
C
AB
D
O
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What are antigens? Antigens are surface proteins found on red blood cells. Type O negative blood is the only blood type with no antigens.

Detailed explanation-2: -O blood group is the only blood group does not have any type of antigen on their RBCs unless it’s O +ve which means it contains D/Rh factor. There is no antigen known as O but the blood has A, B and D/Rh factor as antigens.

Detailed explanation-3: -Those with O positive blood can only receive transfusions from O positive or O negative blood types.

Detailed explanation-4: -Blood type O-positive is the most common: Almost 40 percent of the U.S. blood donor population has this blood type. Blood type O-positive can be transfused into any patient who has a positive blood type – and that is a lot of people.

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