Blood cell histology of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas.
Amoebocytes are the main carrier of innate immune system in horseshoe crabs. Cytoplasm of these cells are packed with granules which consist of all coagulation factors and anti-bacterial compounds. Light microscopy (using May-Grunwald and Giemsa staining technique) of 46 blood specimen for both sexe...
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Academic Journals Inc
2013
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/29484/1/Blood%20cell%20histology%20of%20horseshoe%20crab.pdf |