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A Sex Difference in Morphology of Neutrophils in the Dog

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A STRUCTURAL difference has been described between the nuclei of neutrophil leucocytes in the male and those in the female in humans1–5 and in rabbits6.

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PORTER, K. A Sex Difference in Morphology of Neutrophils in the Dog. Nature 179, 784–785 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/179784b0

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