Observation of non-nucleated erythrocytes in the peripheral blood of medaka, Oryzias latipes.
The medaka, Oryzias latipes is a useful animal model for the study of vertebrate developmental genetics. Using May-Grünwald-Giemsa stain, we found non-nucleated erythrocytes in the peripheral blood of medaka. Eleven of 50 fish occasionally showed non-nucleated erythrocytes in their peripheral blood. We expect that this observation will be useful in future studies involving screening for hematologic mutants.
Niimi
Gen
G
Laboratory of Electron Microscopy, School of Medicine, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi, 470-1192, Japan. g-niimi@fujita-hu.ac.jp
Imada
Hideki
H
D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000166:cytology*; D009990:Oryzias / Q000097:blood*