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sontag
Apr28-05, 07:12 AM
Why do the different kinds of
lymphocytes have different numbers of nuclear lobes?
Why do nuclei have lobes in the first place?

KLscilevothma
Apr28-05, 08:28 AM
Lymphocytes do not have nuclear lobes. They only have one dense nucleus.

I think you mean some granulocytes like neutrophils. They have segmented nucleus. The more lobes a neutrophil's nucleus contains, the "older" it is. In other words, age of neutrophils are related to segments of their nucleus. Usually they have no more than 5 lobes. Moreover, eosinophils have a bilobed nucleus.

sontag
Apr28-05, 12:08 PM
Why does ageing cause "lobing?"