Indian Journal of Animal Research, volume 45 issue 3 (september 2011) : 174 - 179

ULTRASTRUCTURE OF LEUKOCYTES FROM THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF DUTTAPHRYNUS HIMALAYANUS (GÜNTHER)

Sanjib Kr. Das*, Koutilya Bhattacharjee

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¹Immunology and Cell Biology Laboratory, Post Graduate Department of Zoology Maulana Azad College, Kolkata 700 013, India

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Cite article:- Das* Kr. Sanjib, Bhattacharjee Koutilya (2025). ULTRASTRUCTURE OF LEUKOCYTES FROM THE PERIPHERAL BLOOD OF DUTTAPHRYNUS HIMALAYANUS (GÜNTHER). Indian Journal of Animal Research. 45(3): 174 - 179. doi: .

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Duttaphrynus himalayanus is an atypical amphibian species, adapted to high altitude and cold climatic conditions of Eastern Himalaya. The peripheral blood leucocytes from D. himalayanus were studied by transmission electron microscopy. The ultra structure and sub cellular organizational architecture of the leukocytes appears to be very similar to mammalian leukocyte and accordingly have been characterized into five different types.

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