{{Short description|Characteristic of the nucleus of certain biological cells}} '''Lobation''' is a characteristic of the cell nucleus of certain granulocytes, which are types of white blood cells, where the nucleus is segmented into two or more connected lobes.<ref name="Campbell">{{cite book |last1=Campbell |first1=Neil A. |title=Biology |url=https://archive.org/details/biologycamp00camp |url-access=registration |date=1996 |publisher=Benjamin Cummings |location=Menlo Park [u.a.] |isbn=0805319409 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/biologycamp00camp/page/832 832–33] |edition= 4th}}</ref><ref name="Alberts">{{cite book |last1=Alberts |first1=Bruce |title=Molecular biology of the cell |date=2002 |publisher=Garland |location=New York [u.a.] |isbn=0815340729 |pages=1284–1290 |edition= 4th}}</ref> Of the four types of granulocyte, only the mast cell is not lobated.
Lobation is also a characteristic of megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.<ref name="Alberts"/>
{| class="wikitable" |+ Lobated white blood cells |- ! Cell type !!colspan=2| Image !! Lobation |- | Neutrophil | 75px || 75px || ''multilobed'', i.e. having more than two lobes |- | Eosinophil || || 75px || ''bi-lobed'', i.e. having two lobes |- | Basophil || 75px || 75px || ''bi-lobed'' <ref name="Yale">{{cite web |title=Basophil |url=http://medcell.med.yale.edu/histology/blood_bone_marrow_lab/basophil.php |website=medcell.med.yale.edu}}</ref> |- |}
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Category:Cell nucleus
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