A mother may be able to donate blood to one of her offspring, but may not be a match for a kidney transplant because:
A) MHC proteins are not presented on RBC, so the child will not reject the blood but could reject the kidney because of MHC incompatibility.
B) MHC proteins are presented on RBC, so the child's immune system will recognize those as self but could reject the kidney because of MHC incompatibility
C) MHC proteins are not presented on RBC, so the child will not reject the blood but could reject the kidney because it is too large for the child's body
D) MHC proteins are presented on RBC, so the child's immune system will recognize those as self but genetic recombination of MHC alleles in organs will result in rejection of the kidney.
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