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Siddharth Singh

Class 10th
Sst
2 years ago

Why do red blood cells lack a nucleus and mitochondria?

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Sundaram Singh

2 years ago

A mature erythrocyte lacks nucleus and mitochondria so as to make place for the accommodation of more hemoglobin and hence more oxygen molecules. Lack of such organelles also provides the peculiar biconcave appearance of RBCs that aids in efficient diffusion.

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