Why do some animals have nucleated red blood cells, while we don't

Subject: Why do some animals have nucleated red blood cells, while we don't

Date: Sun Sep 27 16:46:36 1998
Posted by Shaun Smith
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Area of science: General Biology
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It seems that having non repairing red blood cells brought more 
needed biosystems to handle damaged/old cells than an organism with 
nucleated cells. Is there an advantage to the non-nucleated form?

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