If a mother is donating her kidney to son, this is an example of which of the following?: (A) Isograft, (B) Allograft, (C) Autograft, (D) Xenograft
Answer is B. Donor and recipient are of same species and different individual : Allograft Donor and recipient are of same individual : Autograft Graft between different individual but of similar genetic makeup as in identical twins : Isograft Graft between different species : Xenograft For any organ transplantation, the single most impoant gene which has to be match is HLA DR for successful transplantation.