Author(s): Leitão, Alexandre Castanho Barata
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13700
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Author(s): Leitão, Alexandre Castanho Barata
Date: 2014
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/13700
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
All coelomate animals possess a population of cells that do not make part of an organ and instead freely flow inside the body cavity. These cells, termed hemocytes (in invertebrates) or blood cells (in vertebrates), are involved in varied functions including immune response, clearance of apoptotic cells and distribution of nutrient and gases (Grigorian & Hartenstein 2013).(...)
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