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    wojang
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    Default May 13th, 2009, 07:47 PM
    Is the red blood cell the only cell in the body that doesn't have a nucleus?
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    May 14th, 2009, 12:16 AM
    Red blood cells have a nucleus. Just not for the entire duration of their ontogeny in all species.


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    May 14th, 2009, 01:04 AM
    it's only the mature blood cells in mammals that don't - most other vertebrates have nucleated red blood cells
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    May 14th, 2009, 04:40 PM
    Other human cell types without a nucleus in their mature form include corneoctyes in the outer layers of the skin, fiber cells in the lens of the eye and thrombocytes (platelets) in the blood.
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