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Bax_Cadarn t1_ja3pefu wrote

Reply to comment by Bad_DNA in Do lymphocytes always have 46 chromosomes? by Few_Abrocoma1475

Annoying nitpick of the day: platelets aren't even cells like RBCs are (who actually have a nucleus during their griwth which they then discard), but parts of cytoplasm of a megacariocyte.

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Bad_DNA t1_ja3yoi3 wrote

No annoying at all -- completely accurate. Platelets being the 'bits and pieces' part of the clotting :)

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