cameloid red cells

[JNorton@MAILBOX.UNE.EDU]

Rich Hengst referred to an article stating that camels had nucleated red
cells.  This is not true; they have enucleated RBCs just like other
mammels.  Their cells are different, however, in that they are oval rather
than biconcave disc-shaped.  Presumably this is related to the ability of
this particular family to withstand severe dehydration, which adversely
affects the deformability of biconcave RBCs.

James M. Norton