Erythropoiesis in peripheral blood of tuatara (Sphenodon punctatus) and turtle (Malaclemys terrapin)
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Erythropoiesis in peripheral blood of domestic birds was shown earlier to arise directly from the nucleus of mature erythrocytes as nuclear protuberations that later broke free. Three to seven percent of new red cells originated in this way from clone cells.Investigations of peripheral blood in reptiles has further demonstrated formation of nucleated red cells as clones from nuclear buds of mature erythrocytes. Clone cells plus new immature red cells constitute, in Sphenodon punctatus, 8–18% and, in turtle, Malaclemys terrapin, 18–25% of the total cell population. Some lymphocytes and granulocytes appear also to arise from nuclear buds. Thrombocytes were present in some animals, absent in others, but were not counted in the present work.
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