Lobation

Characteristic of the nucleus of certain biological cells

Lobation is a characteristic of the cell nucleus of certain granulocytes, which are types of white blood cells, where the nucleus is segmented into two or more connected lobes.[1][2] Of the four types of granulocyte, only the mast cell is not lobated.

Lobation is also a characteristic of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.[2]

Lobated white blood cells Cell type | Image | Lobation

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Neutrophil |  |  | multilobed, i.e. having more than two lobes
Eosinophil |  |  | bi-lobed, i.e. having two lobes
Basophil |  |  | bi-lobed [3]

## References

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1. ^ Campbell, Neil A. (1996). Biology (4th ed.). Menlo Park [u.a.]: Benjamin Cummings. pp. 832–33. ISBN 0805319409.
2. ^ a b Alberts, Bruce (2002). Molecular biology of the cell (4th ed.). New York [u.a.]: Garland. pp. 1284–1290\. ISBN 0815340729.
3. ^ "Basophil". medcell.med.yale.edu.

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