| What it is | The red blood cell, a biconcave disc without a nucleus that carries oxygen and carbon dioxide between the lungs and the tissues. |
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| Comes from | Hematopoietic stem cell |
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| About | Enucleation, the process by which the nucleus is extruded by budding off from the erythroblast, is unique to mammals and gives red cells their flexible biconcave shape. |
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| Source | Ji P, Murata-Hori M, Lodish HF. Formation of mammalian erythrocytes: chromatin condensation and enucleation. Trends Cell Biol. 2011;21(7):409-15. PMID: 21592797 |
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| Status | being built; its twin, knowledge and helper come with erythro.site |
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