title: Evidence for a correlation between the number of marginal band microtubules and the size of vertebrate erthrocytes.
abstract: In 23 species of vertebrates the dimensions of erythrocytes and the number of their marginal band microtubules were examined. A positive correlation was found between the size of erythrocytes and the number of microtubules. The absence of microtubules in diskoid erythrocytes of mammals-Camelidae-is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000663:Amphibians / Q000097:blood; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D005399:Fishes / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D008322:Mammals / Q000097:blood; D008870:Microtubules / Q000032:analysis*; D012104:Reptiles / Q000097:blood; D013045:Species Specificity; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000097:blood*