Thrombocytes are cells that play a key role in blood clotting. In mammals, thrombocytes are anucleated cell fragments called platelets. Nucleated thrombocytes of nonmammalian vertebrates differ from the mammalian thrombocytes not only in having a nucleus and thus resembling B lymphocytes, but also these nucleated thrombocytes do not aggregate in response to ADP, serotonin and adrenaline (they do aggregate with thrombin, of course).[1]
References
- Meseguer J, Esteban MA, Rodríguez A. 2002. Microscopy Research and Technique. The Biology of Phagocytosis, Volume 57, Issue 6 , Pages 491 - 497.
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