Hi, How blood cells are formed in bivalves is unknown. In fact, most things about bivalve blood cells remain unknown. Using flow cytometry, we have sorted a few subpopulations (that we can see with light scatter) and described them. What we would like to know is; if we see 3 subpopulations, 1 resembling granulocytes another resembling lymphocytes, with a 3rd that has an intermediate appearance (non-granulated granulocytes and/or non-granulocytes with vacuoles) and placement on a histogram, is there any reason to believe that this intermediate population could be a precursor population to granulocytes? Please excuse my ignorance of proper terminology. Thank you. Kathy -- Kathryn A. Ashton-Alcox Haskin Shellfish Research lab Rutgers University 6959 Miller Avenue Port Norris, NJ 08349 USA 856-785-0074 x122 856-785-1544 fax kathryn@hsrl.rutgers.edu
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