New insights from the oyster Crassostrea rhizophorae on bivalve circulating hemocytes.

Hemocytes are the first line of defense of the immune system in invertebrates, but despite their important role and enormous potential for the study of gene-environment relationships, research has been impeded by a lack of consensus on their classification. Here we used flow cytometry combined with...

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Main Authors: Mauro de Freitas Rebelo, Eliane de Souza Figueiredo, Rafael M Mariante, Alberto Nóbrega, Cintia Monteiro de Barros, Silvana Allodi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581465?pdf=render