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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.
Why does ageing cause "lobing?"
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