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An nrbc (nucleated red blood cell) is _______ a mature erythrocyte.

a. less mature than
b. the same as
c. more mature than
d. from a different cell line than

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Answer: A.


Nucleated red blood cell is less mature than a mature erythrocyte. They are erythroid precursors that have apoptotic nucleus, the last nucleated stage of red blood cell production to contain a defined, intact nucleus before the erythrocyte losses its nucleus.

Moreover, they are confined to the bone marrow, in the peripheral blood in newborns and in uncompensated hemolytic anemia.

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