Red blood cell thickness is evolutionarily constrained by slow, hemoglobin-restricted diffusion in cytoplasm.

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Published in Sci Rep on October 25, 2016

Authors

Sarah L Richardson1, Pawel Swietach1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford OX1 3PT, European Union, United Kingdom.

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