The avian erythrocyte [electronic resource] : its phylogenetic odyssey / Chester A. Glomski, Alessandra Pica.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 565-616) and indexes.

1. Maturation : erythroblast to erythrocyte -- 2. Erythrocyte precursors : quantitative representation in hemopoietic bone marrow -- 3. Cytoskeleton -- 4. Vascular system and architecture of hemopoietic bone marrow -- 5. Relationship of bone marrow sinuses and erythropoiesis -- 6. Erythropoiesis during embryogenesis : general plan -- 7. Yolk sac erythropoiesis : early phase -- 8. Germ disc : earliest commitment to erythroblast formation -- 9. Ultrastructure of early yolk sac erythropoiesis -- 10. Yolk sac erythropoiesis : later phase -- 11. Hemopoietic stem cell and quail-chick chimera -- 12. Intraembryonic hemopoietic stem cell : origin and distribution -- 13. Hepatic and splenic erythropoiesis during embryogenesis -- 14. Medullary erythropoiesis during embryogenesis -- 15. Circulating erythrocytes and marrow erythroblasts in the domestic chicken embryo and hatchling : quantitative aspects -- 16. Embryonic erythropoiesis : an altricial passeriforme versus a precocial galliforme -- 17. Hepatic erythropoiesis in the adult -- 18. Thymic erythropoiesis -- 19. Erythrocyte counts, hemoglobin levels and hematocrits -- 20. Red cell indices (MCV, MCH, MCHC) -- 21. Configuration of the erythrocyte -- 22. Erythrocyte-based values and gender relationships -- 23. Erythrocyte size and variations other than gender-related -- 24. Erythroid parameters and relationships with age and other conditions -- 25. Erythroid profile and migratory behavior of the avian -- 26. Erythrocytic picture and altitude of habitat -- 27. Season and erythroid picture -- 28. Interaction of erythropoiesis, egg laying, and iron metabolism -- 29. Breeding cycle of a pelagic seabird -- 30. Avian hemoglobins : adult and embryonic -- 31. Blood volume -- 32. Life span of the erythrocyte -- 33. Apoptosis -- 34. Erythroplastids (denucleated erythrocytes) -- 35. Staining and cytochemistry -- 36. Osmotic fragility -- 37. Erythroid reservoir function of the spleen in fowl -- 38. Telomeres -- 39. Anemia -- 40. Polycythemia--41. Erythroid response to hemorrhage -- 42. Phenylhydrazine-induced anemia and Heinz bodies -- 43. Assessment of erythropoietic status of bone marrow -- 44. Avian c-value -- 45. Metals and erythropoiesis -- 46. Parasitization of the erythrocyte -- 47. Erythroleukemia -- 48. Erythrocytes and pathologic conditions/agents -- 49. Hormones and erythropoiesis -- 50. Avian erythrocyte : a generator of cytokines -- 51. Anticoagulants : impact upon erythrocytes.

"The erythrocyte is perhaps the world's single best known cell, an opinion affirmed by its inseparable linkage with the French expression "Le sang c'est la vie" (i.e., Blood is life). The red cell made its debut in a few invertebrates and thereupon conducted a conceptual phylogenetic odyssey through the Classes of poikilothermic vertebrates, onward to the first homeotherms the avians, and thereafter to the mammals including man. The erythrocyte presents morphologic, cytochemical and quantitative adaptations as it progresses through its evolutionary continuum. The text can be considered a comprehensive monograph regarding the erythrocyte in birds which explores the evolutionary relationship of the avian erythrocyte with the erythrocytes of the antecedent lower vertebrates (e.g., amphibians and reptiles) and the subsequent mammalians. It also presents comprehensive tabular erythrocytic taxonomically organized data which serve as a reference source as well as documentation for statements expressed in the text. "-- Provided by publisher.

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